Transverse Myelitis in Acute Hepatitis A Infection: The Rare Co-Occurrence of Hepatology and Neurology.

Transverse myelitis refers to the inflammatory process involving the spinal cord. Clinical features can be either acute or subacute onset that results in neurological deficits such as weakness and/or numbness of extremities as well as autonomic dysfunctions. While there are some etiologies related, a viral infection is common.

Movement Disorders in Non-Wilsonian Hepatic Cirrhotic Patients: The Subgroup Analysis of Various Phenotypes and Associated Risk Factors.

Objective: The aim of this subgroup analysis was to identify the risk factors associated with the development of various movement disorder phenotypes.

Methods: Eighty-three non-Wilsonian cirrhotic patients with abnormal movements were allocated into the following groups: intention tremor, bradykinesia, Parkinsonism, and abnormal ocular movements. These movement types were considered the primary outcomes as there was a sufficient sample size.

The 2-Year Outcomes Comparison between Ischemic Stroke Patients with Intracranial Arterial Stenosis without Significant Extracranial Carotid Stenosis and Patients with Extracranial Carotid Stenosis.

Objective: The risk of recurrent ischemic stroke and acute coronary syndrome increased in the large artery atherosclerotic subtype. The purpose of this study was to compare 2-year outcomes between the ischemic stroke patients with intracranial arterial stenosis without significant extracranial carotid stenosis and the patients with extracranial carotid stenosis.

Material And Method: This study prospectively compared 123 ischemic stroke patients: 71 patients with intracranial arterial stenosis without significant extracranial carotid stenosis and 52 patients with extracranial carotid stenosis.

Movement Disorders in Non-Wilsonian Cirrhotic Patients: A Report of the Prevalence and Risk Factors from a Study Done in a Medical School in an Agricultural-Based Community.

Objective: Parkinsonism and other movement disorders have previously been reported in the acquired hepatocerebral degeneration associated with portosystemic shunting. However, there is no study to date about their prevalence as has been noted in general practice.

Methods: One hundred and forty-three patients with hepatic cirrhosis from the gastroenterology clinic and internal medicine wards were enrolled.

Dietary cholesterol, fats and risk of Parkinson's disease in the Singapore Chinese Health Study.

Background: Prospective studies on lipids and risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Asian populations are sparse. This study prospectively examined the associations between dietary cholesterol and major fatty acids, and risk of PD among the Chinese in Singapore.

Methods: This study used data from the Singapore Chinese Health Study, a population-based prospective cohort of 63 257 men and women aged 45-74 years in Singapore enrolled in 1993-1998.

Blepharoclonus: anatomical localization and etiological consideration.

Blepharoclonus refers to myoclonic rhythmic eyelid closure. This is an extremely rare abnormal movement of the eyelids. The symptom has an ill-defned anatomical localization and hypothesized etiologies are diverse.