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Gamma knife radiosurgery for skull base malignancies
14 May 2012
Jian Pan, A-Li Liu, Zhong-Cheng Wang
Abstract: Background: Skull base malignancies are problematic. We evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) in the treatment of patients with primary and secondary maligna...
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Thoracic sensory level as a false localizing sign in cervical spinal cord and brain lesions
10 May 2012
Mark A. Hellmann, Ruth Djaldetti, Judith Luckman, Ron Dabby
Abstract: Background: In rare cases of cervical myelopathy, there may be a discrepancy between the sensory level and the site of cord lesion. This phenomenon is not well recognized. This study sought ...
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A second case of isolated gait apraxia from an acute unilateral parasagittal lesion
07 May 2012
Matthew S. Robbins, Joe Verghese, Daniel Antoniello
We reported a novel patient who experienced the acute onset of gait apraxia (GA) from a unilateral parasagittal lesion affecting the supplementary motor area . We recently encountered a second case of...
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Association between common genetic variants of α2A-, α2B-, and α2C-adrenergic receptors and ischemic stroke
07 May 2012
Seung-Hun Oh, Kyung-Tae Min, Young-Joo Jeon, Mi-Hwa Kim, Ok-Joon Kim, Byoung-Soo Shin, Doyeun Oh, Nam-Keun Kim
Abstract: Background: The alpha2-adrenergic receptor (α2-AR) mediates physiological responses to endogenous catecholamine, and genetic variants of α2-AR may predispose to clinical vascular diseases. W...
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A rare case of POEMS syndrome initially presenting with trigeminal neuralgia
07 May 2012
Xiaofei Zhang, Kangning Chen, Shugui Shi, Zhaohong Liu, Yanqing Jin, Jun Hu
POEMS syndrome is a multisystem complication of plasma cell dyscrasia originally characterized by the presence of polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal or M-protein and skin changes...
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