Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
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J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. · Jun 2005
Extent of white matter lesions is related to acute subcortical infarcts and predicts further stroke risk in patients with first ever ischaemic stroke.
To investigate whether the extent of white matter lesions (WML) on fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI sequences is an independent risk factor for recurrent stroke, and to document the pattern of acute cerebral infarcts using diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) in patients with different severities of WML. ⋯ Patients with severe leukoaraiosis have increased risk of deep subcortical stroke and a higher risk of recurrent stroke.
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J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. · Jun 2005
Prognosis of conservatively treated patients with Pott's paraplegia: logistic regression analysis.
To evaluate the prognostic significance of various clinical, radiological, and neurophysiological findings in conservatively treated patients with Pott's paraplegia, using multiple regression analysis. ⋯ Patients with Pott's paraplegia are likely to recover completely by six months if they have mild weakness, lower paraplegia score and normal SEPs and MEPs.
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J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. · Jun 2005
Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery: different surgical strategies after a non-invasive diagnostic protocol.
To test a non-invasive presurgical protocol for temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) based on "anatomo-electro-clinical correlations". ⋯ These findings suggest that different TLE subsyndromes can be identified accurately using non-invasive anatomo-electro-clinical data and can be treated effectively and safely with tailored surgery.
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J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. · May 2005
Seizure outcome after epilepsy surgery in patients with normal preoperative MRI.
To determine outcome after epilepsy surgery in patients with normal preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ⋯ While these results were less favourable than expected for patients with focal epileptogenic lesions seen on MRI, they represented worthwhile improvement for this patient population with high preoperative seizure burden. In this highly selected group, no single test or combination of tests further predicted postoperative seizure outcome.