Sue Fletcher-Watson holds a Personal Chair in Developmental Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, and is Director of the Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre. She is interested in how children grow ...

Use of oral contraceptives is a recognised but infrequent cause of chorea. This type of chorea has usually been considered a reactivation of Sydenham’s chorea by an unknown mechanism. A patient ...

Objective: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of clinical tests for detecting focal lesions in a prospective blinded study. Methods: 46 patients with a focal cerebral hemisphere lesion ...

Department of Neuroscience, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy Correspondence to: Dr Jessica Mandrioli Neurological Clinic, Department of Neuroscience, University of Modena and ...

Correspondence to Professor P F Chinnery, Institute of Human Genetics, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK; p.f.chinnery{at}ncl.ac.uk If you wish to reuse any or all of this article ...

1 Farr Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK 2 Stroke and Vascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic ...

Stroke is a heterogeneous syndrome caused by multiple disease mechanisms, but all result in a disruption of cerebral blood flow with subsequent tissue damage. This review covers the mechanisms ...

1 Alzheimer Centre and Department of Neurology, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 Department of Radiology VU Medical Centre 3 Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre St Radboud, ...

aDepartment of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, The Hammersmith Trust Hospitals, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK, bDepartment of Gastroenterology, Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS ...

Background Staging of disease severity is useful for prognosis, decision-making and resource planning. However, no commonly used, validated staging system exists for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS ...

Background: There are no studies of autonomic function comparing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), vascular dementia (VAD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD). Aims: To ...

Objective: To assess overall resource consumption, work capacity and quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis in nine European countries. Methods: Information on resource consumption ...