The objective of this paper is to evaluate available evidence for each step in autoimmune encephalitis management and provide expert opinion when evidence is lacking. The paper approaches autoimmune ...

Objective To validate sphingomyelin (SM) dosage in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients affected by chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) and Guillain-Barré syndrome ...

Correspondence to Professor Bruce V Taylor, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; bruce.taylor{at}utas.edu.au Despite 30 years of research there ...

Ten male alcoholics aged 38-72 years with clear clinical and electroneurographical signs of peripheral neuropathy were re-examined three to five years later. Conduction velocities, latencies and nerve ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is a commonly employed therapeutic procedure for patients with Parkinson's disease uncontrolled by medical therapies. This series ...

Background Effectiveness of disease-modifying treatment (DMT) in people affected by primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) is limited. Whether specific subgroups may benefit more from DMT in a ...

Objective The Tysabri Observational Programme (TOP), which began >10 years ago, is an open-label, multinational, prospective observational study evaluating the long-term safety and effectiveness of ...

2 Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 3 Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 4 Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke ...

Adult-onset leukodystrophies and genetic leukoencephalopathies comprise a diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders of white matter with a wide age of onset and phenotypic spectrum. Patients with ...

Understanding the causes of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias remains a challenge. Observational studies investigating dementia risk factors are limited by the pervasive issues of confounding, ...

Correspondence to Dr Ruben P A van Eijk, Department of Neurology, UMC Utrecht Brain Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands; R.P.A.vanEijk-2{at}umcutrecht.nl Background Patients with amyotrophic lateral ...

Objective To compare acute treatment responses and long-term outcome in leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1) antibody encephalitis. Methods Retrospective case series of 118 patients with LGI1 ...