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Challenge Case Report: A Woman With a Large Dural-Based Lesion
Javed Khader Eliyas, MD; Karen S. SantaCruz, MD; and Rimas V. Lukas, MD
November/December 2018—Case Presentation Clinical Presentation and Imaging An Hispanic woman, age 52, presented with persistent dizziness and the inability to “bring out certain words.&r…
Video-Case Report: Progressive Neuropathy With Cerebellar Ataxia
Asseel Albayati, MD; Safa AlJammali, MD; Mohammed AlKhero, MD; and Aziz Shaibani, MD
November/December 2018—Investigation of antibody titers is essential for patients who have neuropathy with cerebellar ataxia and do not respond to IVIG treatment.
Biases in Dementia Screening Tools
Wednesday, November 28, 2018—Brief cognitive tests are useful screening tools for dementia in the primary care setting; however, a study published in the journal Neurology Clinical Practice show…
Eye Exam May Lead to Early Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Monday, November 26, 2018—A National Institutes of Health (NIH) study found that the eye may be a source for early diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The findings also raise the possibility …
Study Confirms Benefits of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
Wednesday, November 14, 2018—A prospective, multi-center clinical study of 42 patients with brain lesions that recurred after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for metastatic brain tumors showed p…
Hometown Highlights: Introducing Hometown Highlights
Stephen M. Gollomp, MD
October 2018—In this new column, we feature content from presenters at the 2018-2019 Philadelphia Neurological Society meetings.
MS Minute: Neuropsychologic Testing and Multiple Sclerosis
Daniel Kantor, MD, FAAN, FANA
October 2018—What is the value of neuropsychologic testing for patients with MS when there are often no available treatments?
New Functional Outcome Measure for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Wednesday, September 26, 2018—The Charcot-Marie-Tooth Functional Outcome Measure (CMT-FOM) is a new performance-based measure designed to assess functional abilities in adults with CMT that has now been sh…
