Personal Neurology

Interventional neurology: a personal road map.

The foundation of thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke rests on the NINDS IV tPA trial published in 1995 [1] and the PROACT II intra-arterial trial published in 1999 [2] . Based on NINDS and PROACT II, virtually all major stroke centers now routinely perform IV and IA thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke. The early road to thrombolytic stroke therapy had many twists and turns, s...

Child psychiatry training for paediatric neurology trainees; a personal view.

The authors describe their experience to support the view that training in child psychiatry is an effective way for the paediatrician in training to gain an understanding of that specialty. It is also an efficient way to acquire certain skills, which will be helpful in the future, either in hospital or community paediatrics.

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tion has a function to fulfill; each phenomenon therefore has a significance. This does not mean that it has a purpose; it was not made as a "part of an intelligent design". Barcroft's book not only makes delightful reading but it is also distinctly useful. In order to understand the bodily functions it is important to memorize the facts of physiology, but this task is made easier if the facts ...

[Neurology].

Aducanumab reduces the burden of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease, with significant improvement of clinical scores. Endovascular thrombectomy is recommended in patients with acute stroke with proximal occlusion of the anterior circulation. CGRP antagonists and botulinum toxin are effective in migraine. ZIKA virus infection has been linked to the Guillain-Barré syndrome. Edaravone has been...

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