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Leprosy: eMedicine Neurology

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Overview: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast, rod-shaped bacillus.1 Leprosy has afflicted humanity since time began. It once affected every continent and has left behind a terrifying image in history ...

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Tags: Infectious Disease, Infection, Leprosy, Neurology, Disease and Condition

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Surgery for Craniopharyngiomas

emedicine.medscape.com — “Surgery for Craniopharyngiomas. The first description of a craniopharyngioma is credited to Zenker, who made this observation in 1857.View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Migraine Headache: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Although migraine is a term applied to certain headaches with a vascular quality, overwhelming evidence suggests that migraine is a dominantly inherited disorder characterized by varying degrees of recurrent vascular-quality headache, photophobia, sleep disruption, and depression. ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Acute Stroke Management: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Stroke is the clinical term for acute loss of perfusion to vascular territory of the brain, resulting in ischemia and a corresponding loss of neurologic function. Classified as either hemorrhagic or ischemic, strokes typically manifest with ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Dementia With Lewy Bodies: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Frederick Lewy first described Lewy bodies (LBs)-cytoplasmic inclusions found in cells of the substantia nigra in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease-in 1914. ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Stroke Team Creation and Primary Stroke Center Certification: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: In June 1996, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) was the first drug to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the acute treatment of stroke. This drug has been shown to work only within ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Outcome of Epilepsy Surgery: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Since the late 19th century, surgery has been accepted as a treatment for medically refractory epilepsy. Although a multicenter randomized trial has not been performed, published data from individual centers and pooled data from the University of ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Acute Stroke: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: MRI is a new and promising tool that is being increasingly used in the diagnosis and management of acute ischemic stroke. The aim of this article is to provide simple and up-to-date information about the use ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Presurgical Evaluation of Medically Intractable Epilepsy: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Medical Intractability Approximately 0.5-0.9% of the US population (ie, 3 million people) have been diagnosed with epilepsy. Half of these patients have partial seizures, and in 30%, seizures are not controlled adequately with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). A conservative ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Spinal Cord Hemorrhage: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Hemorrhage affecting the spinal cord is rare. It most commonly is caused by trauma, vascular malformations, or bleeding diatheses and can be intramedullary, subarachnoid, subdural, or epidural. Onset is usually sudden and painful, causing myelopathic signs ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Michael Lesch and William Nyhan provided the first detailed clinical description of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome in 1964.1 The enzymatic defect associated with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, deficiency of the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT), was discovered by Seegmiller ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Alzheimer Disease in Individuals With Down Syndrome: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia.1, 2 AD is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain, strongly associated with advanced age. However, it should not be considered a part of the ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Mild Cognitive Impairment: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Mild degrees of cognitive impairment, particularly when self-reported by patients, pose a substantial challenge to the clinician. The physician may be dealing with a patient with a mild or transient condition, a drug-induced adverse effect, or ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Restless Legs Syndrome: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The term restless legs syndrome (RLS) was used initially in the mid-1940s by Swedish neurologist Karl A. Ekbom to describe a disorder characterized by sensory symptoms and motor disturbances of the limbs, mainly during rest. However, ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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First Seizure in Adulthood, Diagnosis and Treatment: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Many diseases can cause paroxysmal clinical events. The correct diagnosis of the paroxysmal event is necessary to provide correct treatment. If the event is an epileptic seizure, the seizure type and associated clinical, electroencephalographic (EEG), and ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Motor Evoked Potentials: eMedicine Neurology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Significant studies and landmarks on the effects of electricity on animals and human brains have been described in the past. The most famous pioneers were Penfield and Boldrey, who made direct observations by stimulating the human brain ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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