..., conference paper, qualitative studies that mentioned NS cases were also included. Data retrieved included study location (with GPS coordinates searched), year of study and publication, population characteristics, definition and diagnosis of NS, associated factors, and treatment if applicable. A meta-analysis...

.... Medicare Algorithms Dementia Diagnosis Sensitivity and specificity National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10.13039/100000002 Observational research on dementia relies on the accurate determination of which participants do or do not have dementia. Traditionally, dementia ascertainment...

...% in 1990 to 16% in 2016. Compared to the first time period (1991–1999), diagnosis of unspecified strokes was more often done by nursing home physicians (13 vs. 40%) and unspecified stroke patients had more often dementia (30 vs. 43%) in the last time period (2010–2016). Compared to patients with ischemic...

... of documentation and assigned a diagnosis of likely, possible, unlikely TIA or ischemic stroke, according to prespecified criteria. Results: The 2 observers agreed in 77% of cases that the event was a likely or possible TIA, in 3% that the event was an ischemic stroke, and in 2% that the event was an unlikely TIA...

... common cause. The lethal outcome by the age of 12 years could be expected for 11% of patients. The mean age at diagnosis was 3.5 years and we have confirmed a significant trend towards earlier dianosis during studied period. Conclusions: Rett syndrome incidence in Serbia is in accordance with reports...

... CSD Longitudinal Patient Database (HSD) has been established in 1998 by the Italian College of GPs. Participants were 700 GPs, representing a population of 912,458. For each patient, information on age and sex, EEG, CT scan, and MRI was included. Prevalent cases with a diagnosis of ‘epilepsy' (ICD9CM...

...-center study on the reliability of the diagnosis of focal dystonia. The aim of this study was to assess the inter-rater reliability of dystonia diagnosis among neurologists with different professional experience. Methods: Twenty-nine adults (18 with dystonia, 9 with other movement disorders, and 2...

...Nabila Dahodwala; Jason Karlawish; Andrew Siderowf; John E. Duda; David S. Mandell Background/Aims: Racial differences in the observed prevalence of Parkinson’s disease (PD) may be due to delayed diagnosis among African-Americans. We sought to compare the stage at which African-American and white...

.... Primary brain tumor Pathology Nosology Diagnosis Cancer registry Original Paper Neuroepidemiology 2004;23:85 93 DOI: 10.1159/000073980 Consistency of Primary Brain Tumor Diagnoses and Codes in Cancer Surveillance Systems Monette S. Castillo Faith G. Davis Tanya Surawicz Janet M. Bruner Sandra...

.... The clinical charts of all patients referred for all causes to the emergency rooms of three hospitals in the Florence area during the year 2000 and of all patients admitted from the emergency rooms to the clinical wards with a diagnosis of lone-related (vasovagal) or disease-related syncope were revised...

... in clinical studies and therapeutic trials in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The accuracy of the El Escorial criteria was tested in clinical practice, but the reliability is unknown when the diagnosis of ALS must be assessed on the basis of medical records. Objective: To assess...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis Brazil Diagnosis...

..., headache, impaired consciousness, hemisyndrome, meningismus and systolic blood pressure contributed to the differential diagnosis and were included in our proposed score. The score performed well in comparison with existing scores. The inclusion of TIA and the explicit incorporation of incomplete...

... or services advertised 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. Diagnosis Stroke Causation...

...Carolyn Wentzel; Sultan Darvesh; Chris MacKnight; Catherine Shea; Kenneth Rockwood Consensus criteria for the diagnosis of vascular dementia (VaD) are gradually being replaced with data-based criteria. We report the inter-rater reliability of a new set of empirically-derived criteria for vascular...

... to include patients who do not meet traditional dementia criteria. Vascular cognitive impairment Dementia Diagnosis Neuroimaging Original Paper Neuroepidemiology 1999;18:248 254 Spectrum of Disease in Vascular Cognitive Impairment Kenneth Rockwooda Kellee Howarda Chris MacKnighta Sultan Darvesha...

...Philippe Michel; Jean François Dartigues; Patrick Henry; Sylvie Tison; Sophie Auriacombe; Bruno Brochet; Catherine Vivares; Roger Salamon For general practitioners and in epidemiological studies, migraine poses diagnostic problems. It is a polymorphous disease, with diagnosis based on a subjective...

.... These findings could be of value in identifying high risk children for SRD. 6 3 1990 Neuroepidemiology 1990;9:50-56 © 1990 S. Karger AG, Basel 0251 -5350/90/0091 -0050S2.7 5/0 Specific Reading Disability in Egyptian Children Clinical Picture, Diagnosis and Prognosis Abdul-Kader F. Farrago, Abclul...

... answers to at least 2 questions were carefully investigated in search of a polyneuropathy. Of the 20 cases which gave an affirmative answer to 2 or more questions, 19 (1 % or 10 cases per 1,000 hospital population) had a neurological examination fitting with the diagnosis of polyneuropathy. There were 3...

... of the disease, the diagnosis, the selection of patients and the methods of clinical and laboratory assessment are described and discussed. Suggestions are made for the use of internationally accepted diagnostic criteria for MS and a review is made of the other recognised problems in this field. 17 7 1987...