...Micaela Ljunggren; Julia Persson; Jonatan Salzer Background: Dizziness is a common occurrence witnessed at emergency departments (EDs). This study aims to describe the epidemiology and management of dizzy patients with and without an acute vestibular syndrome (AVS) in the ED at Umeå University...

...Hua Zhao; Xin Zhang; Yin-da Tang; Jin Zhu; Xu-hui Wang; Shi-ting Li Objective: To analyze some clinical and epidemiologic aspects of Bell's palsy (BP) and to develop relevant correlations between existing data in literature and those obtained in this research. Methods: From January 2012 to December...

.... Epidemiology Atraumatic needles Lumbar puncture Lumbar puncture (LP) was first described by Quincke [ 1 ] in 1891. More than a century later, this procedure for obtaining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) directly, at the lumbar level, has become an essential diagnostic tool routinely used in everyday...

... correlation between 2 sets of data. Standardized mortality ratio (SMR) was determined using life tables. Calculations were done in Microsoft Excel 2011 and SPSS 20. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy Polyneuropathy Epidemiology Iceland Survival Chronic inflammatory...

...Joseph Kamtchum Tatuene; Gilles Allali; Arnaud Saj; Thérèse Bernati; Roman Sztajzel; Pierre Pollak; Isabelle Momjian-Mayor Aim: The study aims to describe the epidemiology and the neural correlates of peripersonal visuospatial neglect (PVN) in patients admitted to the Geneva Stroke Unit...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Epidemiology Parkinson’s disease LRRK2 The Arabian Gulf countries, or simply the Gulf countries, are 6 countries that make up most of the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar...

...Masoud Etemadifar; Sadegh Izadi; Alireza Nikseresht; Maryam Sharifian; Mohammad Ali Sahraian; Zahra Nasr Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system and its epidemiology has changed in recent years. Previously, Iran was considered to have...

... of spinal presentations at onset. We analyzed the data of 736 MS patients, which is by far the largest cross-sectional epidemiological study undertaken in the region. The number of new MS cases has been increasing in the last years, which is in keeping with other regional cohorts [ 1,7,8 ]. However...

.... Diagnostic criteria Epidemiology Multiple sclerosis Pathophysiology Treatment of multiple sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and the most common cause of nontraumatic disability in young adults [ 1 ]. The incidence of MS is low...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Ischemic stroke Stroke severity Risk factors Epidemiology Smoking Registry Although it is well established that smoking increases the risk of ischemic cerebrovascular events...

...Masoud Etemadifar; Sepideh Sajjadi; Zahra Nasr; Toktam Sadat Firoozeei; Seyed-Hossein Abtahi; Mojtaba Akbari; Mahboobeh Fereidan-Esfahani Background: There is a wide variation in the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in different geographical regions and the epidemiology of MS in Iran has been...

.... Methods: An RLS epidemiological questionnaire [Allen et al.: Sleep Med 2003;4:101–119] was filled out by patients in five primary healthcare centers in two Georgian cities between March and September 2006. Additionally, questions related to RLS symptom onset, family history, treatment, sleep disturbance...

... population it was 32.9 per 100,000 [ 2 ]. In a study from southern Sweden, the incidence per 100,000 in 1996 was 30.0 (crude) and 20.6 (adjusted to the European standard population) [ 3 ]. In Norway published incidence data are limited to one study of stroke epidemiology in mid-Norway in 1994–1996 with only...

...Tin-Lun Tsai; Chin-San Liu; Chien-Hsu Lai Aims: To conduct the first nationwide population-based epidemiologic study on cerebellar ataxia in Taiwan. Methods: Cerebellar ataxia cases were identified from the National Health Insurance Research Database by using the corresponding International...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Neuropsychological examination Multiple sclerosis Cognitive dysfunction Epidemiology Fatigue Depression However, the study does have some limitations. We defined five cognitive functions for assessment but did...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Epidemiology Multiple sclerosis Iranian Multiple Sclerosis Society...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Epidemiology Cerebrovascular disease Prevalence rate Incidence rate Mortality rate ...

.... Migraine Epidemiology Prevalence Meta-analysis Diagnosis ...

...John G. Edmeads 25 2 2008 Migraine Epidemiology Pathophysiology Serotonin 311C90 1996 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized in any form or by any...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Alzheimer’s disease Prognosis Epidemiology ...