• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

N-type calcium channel antibody-mediated paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: A diagnostic challenge
Conclusion: This case highlights limbic encephalitis as an atypical presentation of neuroendocrine cancer. It also illustrates how treatment of the underlying cancer can reverse limbic encephalitis and Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome in a neuroendocrine carcinoma patient even before the paraneoplastic panel becomes negative.
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - January 27, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Carlos Kamiya-Matsuoka, David Blas-Boria, Michelle D. Williams, Pedro Garciarena, Sudhakar Tummala, Ivo W. Tremont-Lukats Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Predicting the need for hospital admission of TIA patients
Abstract: Background: It is unknown which patient will benefit most from hospital admission after transient ischemic attack (TIA). Our aim was to define predictors of a positive hospital outcome.Methods: We used two cohorts of TIA patients: the University of Texas at Houston Stroke Center (UTH); and Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel (TASMC) for external validation. We retrospectively reviewed medical records and imaging data.We defined positive yield (PY) of the hospital admission as identification of stroke etiologies that profoundly changes clinical management.Results: The UTH cohort included 178 patients. 24.7%...
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - October 28, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Indrani Acosta, Sivan Bloch, Miriam Morales, Natan M. Bornstein, Sean I. Savitz, Hen Hallevi Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research