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Similarities and Differences in Systemic Risk Factors for Retinal Artery Occlusion and Stroke: A Nationwide Case-Control Study
This study compares risk factor profiles for thromboembolism among patients with RAO and stroke, respectively.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 28, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Marie Ørskov, Henrik Vorum, Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Toke Bek, Flemming Skjøth Source Type: research

Tissue-Based Stroke Definition Impacts Stroke Incidence but not Ethnic Differences
In 2013, a new stroke definition was promulgated.1 Ischemic stroke was defined as an episode of neurologic dysfunction resulting from “CNS infarction.” The term CNS infarction included not only patients with clinical symptoms lasting greater than 24 h, but also those who had MRI diffusion positive signal with symptoms less than 24 h in duration. It also included retinal and spinal cord infarction as well as cerebral venous s inus thrombosis with infarction. All of these factors would increase previous estimates of ischemic stroke.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 21, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Lewis B. Morgenstern, Darin B. Zahuranec, Jaewon Lim, Xu Shi, Devin L. Brown, Kevin A. Kerber, William J. Meurer, Lesli E. Skolarus, Eric E. Adelman, Morgan S. Campbell, Erin Case, Lynda D. Lisabeth Source Type: research

Comments on Coronavirus Positive Patients Presenting with Stroke-Like Symptoms
We read with interest the short communication entitled “Coronavirus Positive Patients Presenting with Stroke-Like Symptoms”,1 it was a case series on stroke presentation over COVID-19 patients. We are particularly interested on patient 10, the one and only one central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) case secondary to occlusive thrombus in the intern al carotid artery (ICA), who was also highlighted by the authors. CRAO is a blinding ocular emergency, and a harbinger of ischemic cerebrovascular stroke.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 10, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Sunny Chi Lik Au, Callie Ka Li Ko Tags: Letter to Editor Source Type: research

Neurological Involvement in Primary Systemic Vasculitis
Conclusion Neurological involvement is a common complication of PSV (Table 1), and neurologists play an important role in the identification and diagnosis of PSV patients with otherwise unexplained neurological symptoms as their chief complaint. This article summarizes the neurological manifestations of PSV and hopes to improve neuroscientists' understanding of this broad range of diseases. TABLE 1 Table 1. Common CNS and PNS involvements of primary systemic vasculitis. Author Contributions SZ conceived the article and wrote the manuscript. DY and GT reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors ...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

A Novel Homozygous Non-sense Mutation in the Catalytic Domain of MTHFR Causes Severe 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Deficiency
Conclusion: We identified a novel non-sense mutation in MTHFR gene in a single Egyptian family with severe MTHFR deficiency. The present investigation is clinically important, as it adds to the growing list of MTHFR mutations, which might help in genetic counseling of families of affected children and proper genotype-phenotype correlation. Background Severe 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR; OMIM 236250) deficiency is a rare inborn error of metabolism and inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. It is a very common disorder of folate metabolism and is clinically characterized with low plasma methion...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 23, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

New concepts on acute ocular ischemia
Purpose of review To review recent advances in the management of acute ocular ischemic events, including: transient monocular vision loss, central and branch retinal artery occlusions, and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Recent findings Transient monocular vision loss and acute retinal arterial occlusions require immediate diagnosis and management, with recognition of these events as transient ischemic attack or stroke equivalents, respectively. Patients should undergo an immediate stroke workup in a stroke center, similar to patients with acute cerebral ischemia. The treatment of central retinal arte...
Source: Current Opinion in Neurology - January 13, 2019 Category: Neurology Tags: CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE: Edited by Didier Leys Source Type: research