This paper describes 48 children, aged 14 years or less, who met diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa modified from Morgan and Russell. The characteristics of the sample (13 boys and 35 girls) are described along with features of the illness, associated family characteristics, treatment in hospital, and a brief description of treatment. Difficulties in diagnosis are addressed, with referenc...

PPA: Primary Progressive Aphasia; PIA: Progressive Ideomotor Apraxia; CPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; MINI: Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview; WASI: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence; RBANS: Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status; DRS: Dementia Rating Scale TMT-A & B: Trail Making Test-A and B; GAD-...

PPA: Primary Progressive Aphasia; PIA: Progressive Ideomotor Apraxia; CPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; MINI: Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview; WASI: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence; RBANS: Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status; DRS: Dementia Rating Scale TMT-A & B: Trail Making Test-A and B; GAD-...

BACKGROUND Ocular sebaceous carcinoma can masquerade as benign lesions resulting in delay of diagnosis. Early recognition is even more difficult in young patients where the disease rarely occurs. Here, we provide a clinicopathological correlation of ocular sebaceous carcinoma in a young individual lacking history of hereditary cancer or immunosuppression. FINDINGS A detailed histopathological...

Early-onset parkinsonism refers to those patients with onset of a parkinsonian syndrome before age 40. These cases can be further subdivided into Young-onset (between ages 40 and 21) and Juvenile-onset (below age 21). In this review we will focus on the peculiar clinical features that distinguish these cases from classic late-onset parkinsonism, their characteristic response to medication, and ...

Objective To compare mortality risks of patients with early-and late-onset dementia with non-demented controls of the same age range, and to analyse mortality risks in subtypes of dementia. Methods We included 1203 subjects from our memory clinic. Patients with dementia were subdivided into two groups, with early (< 65 years) or late-onset dementia (≥ 65 years), and compared with non-demented c...