Higher neutrophil counts and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predict prognostic outcomes in patients after non-atrial fibrillation-caused ischemic stroke.

Background: We aimed to determine whether higher neutrophil counts (NC) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) were independently predictive of worse in-hospital outcome in patients after acute ischemic stroke (IS).

Methods: A retrospective observational study with prospective manner of IS registration. Between April 2012 and August 2014, a total number of 1731 patients with post-IS were consecutively enrolled in the study.

Sweat output measurement of the post-ganglion sudomotor response by Q-Sweat test: a normative database of Chinese individuals.

Background: Q-Sweat is a model used for evaluating the post-ganglionic sudomotor function by assessing sweat response. This study aimed to establish the normative database of Q-Sweat test among Chinese individuals since this type of information is currently lacking.

Results: One hundred and fifty (150) healthy volunteers, 76 men and 74 women with age range of 22-76 years were included.

Clinical characteristics of spinal involvement in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Purpose: To analyze the clinical characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with spinal metastasis.

Methods: During a period of 14 years, 42 HCC patients with cranial and/or spinal metastasis were identified. Among them, 12 had spinal involvement and thus were included for study.

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis patients with and without parkinsonism: clinical characteristics and neuroimaging findings.

Parkinsonism in cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is rare. There are no published studies with imaging findings of dopamine transporter using (99m)Tc-[2-[[2-[[[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo [3,2,1] oct-2-yl] methyl] (2-mercaptoethyl) amino] ethyl] amino]-ethanethiolato(3-)-N2,N2,S2,S2]oxo-[1R-(exo-exo)] ((99m)Tc-TRODAT-1) SPECT in CTX patients. This report is on the clinical details of five genetically-proven CTX patients (two with and three without parkinsonism).