Neurology
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Multicenter Study
Early neurologic deterioration in intracerebral hemorrhage: predictors and associated factors.
To identify potential predictors of and factors associated with early neurologic deterioration (END) in primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). ⋯ Clinical and biologic markers of the inflammatory reaction on admission are predictors of subsequent END, whereas early ICH growth, intraventricular bleeding, and high systolic blood pressure within 48 hours are factors associated with END in patients with spontaneous ICH.
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Comparative Study
Does Campylobacter jejuni infection elicit "demyelinating" Guillain-Barre syndrome?
Campylobacter jejuni enteritis is the most common antecedent infection in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). C. jejuni-related GBS is usually acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN), but previous reports described many cases of the demyelinating subtype of GBS (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy [AIDP]) after C. jejuni infection. ⋯ Patients with C. jejuni-related Guillain-Barré syndrome can show transient slowing of nerve conduction, mimicking demyelination, but C. jejuni infection does not appear to elicit acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
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Comment Letter Comparative Study
Intracranial arterial dolichoectasia and its relation with atherosclerosis and stroke subtype.