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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy associated with diabetes: a European multicentre comparative reappraisal

Introduction The association between chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and diabetes is uncertain despite important diagnostic and management implications. Methods We ...
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Anti-CASPR2 clinical phenotypes correlate with HLA and immunological features

Objective Antibodies against contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CASPR2-Abs) have been described in acquired neuromyotonia, limbic encephalitis (LE) and Morvan syndrome (MoS). However, it is unknown ...
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Clozapine in drug induced psychosis in Parkinson’s disease: a randomised, placebo controlled study with open follow up

Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of clozapine in drug induced psychosis in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods: A four week, randomised, double blind, parallel comparison of clozapine and ...
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Diagnostic value of history and physical examination in patients suspected of lumbosacral nerve root compression

1 Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Maastricht University Hospital Objective: To ...
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CLOX: an executive clock drawing task

Associate Professor D R Royall, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78284–7792, USA. Telephone 001 210 567 ...
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Current Issue

Original research: Association of ultra-processed food consumption with prodromal, incident Parkinson’s disease and mortality (17 July, 2025) Free ...
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The association between delays in screening for and assessing dysphagia after acute stroke, and the risk of stroke-associated pneumonia

1 Farr Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK 2 Stroke and Vascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic ...
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The safety of antiepileptic drug withdrawal in patients with non-epileptic seizures

Background: To determine whether withdrawal of anticonvulsant drugs (AED) can be carried out safely in patients with non-epileptic seizures (NES). Methods: Prospective evaluation of safety and outcome ...
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An electromyographic study of the abdominal muscles during postural and respiratory manoeuvres.

A method was developed for making EMG recordings from the four individual muscles of the anterior abdominal wall. It was then demonstrated that these muscles have different and distinguishable actions ...
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The prevalence and causes of dementia in people under the age of 65 years

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of dementia in people under the age of 65 in a large catchment area, and use these figures to estimate the number of younger people affected by dementia in the ...
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Anti-Ma and anti-Ta associated paraneoplastic neurological syndromes: 22 newly diagnosed patients and review of previous cases

Professor R Voltz, Department of Palliative Medicine, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str 62, 50924 Köln, Germany; raymond.voltz{at}uk-koeln.de Background: Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) ...
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LOPED study: looking for an early diagnosis in a late-onset Pompe disease high-risk population

20 Department of Neurosciences ‘Rita Levi Montalcini’, University of Turin, Turin, Italy Correspondence to Professor Antonio Toscano, Department of Neurosciences, University of Messina, Regional ...