Publications by authors named "P Byju"
Background: Pure mesencephalic infarcts are uncommon, the main clinical manifestations being oculomotor signs and ataxia.
Objectives: Primary objective was to determine the incidence of pure midbrain strokes. We also evaluated the clinical spectrum, syndromes, arterial territories involved, risk factors, and outcome at 3 months.
Background: Among screening instruments used to diagnose dementia by interviewing the caregivers rather than the patients, Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) is widely used.
Objectives: To adapt and validate IQCODE in a Malayalam-speaking population and to study the utility of IQCODE in diagnosing dementia.
Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted as a two-phase survey on individuals aged ≥55 years availing dementia care services at three tertiary care hospitals and a dementia clinic in Kerala, India.
Alexia without Agraphia-report of Five Cases and Review of Literature.
J Assoc Physicians India
July 2019
Alexia without agraphia (also called pure alexia or word blindness) was the first of the disconnection syndromes to be described. It results from the loss of visual input to the language area without involvement of the language area. The most common cause is occlusion of the left posterior cerebral artery with involvement of left occipital cortex and the splenium of corpus callosum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeuropsychiatric Manifestations of Cognitively Advanced Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.
Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra
December 2018
Background: Neuropsychiatric manifestations of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) have not been studied in a systematic way.
Aim: To study the spectrum of neuropsychiatric abnormalities in patients with iNPH.
Patient Selection And Evaluation: Patients attending 3 different tertiary care centers during three consecutive time periods spanning from 2010 to 2015 were analyzed for neuropsychiatric manifestations.