Intracranial hypertension with reversible cerebral edema: Atypical presentation of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus.

We described in this article a 19-year-old girl with an intracranial hypertension as an initial presentation of neuropsychiatric lupus. The brain MRI showed diffuse, bilateral and symmetrical white and grey matter hyperintensities. These lesions completely disappeared after 3 months of treatment.

A novel approach combining temporal and spectral features of Arabic online handwriting for Parkinson's disease prediction.

Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) affects millions of people worldwide, and it is predicted that this pathology will gravely increase in the next few years. Unfortunately, there's currently no cure for this disease, indeed an early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease can help to better manage its symptoms and its evolution. One of the most frequent abilities and usually also the first manifestation of Parkinson's disease is alteration of handwriting.

A new semi-supervised approach for characterizing the Arabic on-line handwriting of Parkinson's disease patients.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease affecting significant portion of elderly population. One of the most frequent hallmarks and the first manifestation of PD is deterioration of handwriting. Since the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is difficult, researchers have worked to develop a support tool based on algorithms to separate healthy controls from PD patients.