Incidence and spectrum of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes: single center study.

Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are remote effects of cancer. They are much less common, but are nevertheless important because they cause severe neurological morbidity and mortality. The present cases were studied to characterize the clinical features of patients of suspected PNS and to study their association with different types of tumors.

Series of paraneoplastic vasculitic neuropathy: a rare, potentially treatable neuropathy.

Background: Paraneoplastic vasculitic neuropathy (PVN) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome. It is characterized by non-systemic subacute vasculitic neuropathy. It is most commonly associated with small cell lung cancers (SCLC) and lymphomas.

Prevalence of neuropathy in patients with impaired glucose tolerance using various electrophysiological tests.

Background: Neuropathy is often an associated feature woth long-standing type II diabetes mellitus. Neuropathy may occur even in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.

Objective: To study the prevalence of neuropathy using different electrophysiological techniques in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and no other identifiable cause of neuropathy.

Simple bedside predictors of mechanical ventilation in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Objective: The objective of the study is to develop and validate a predictor score for assessing the requirement of mechanical ventilation (MV) in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS).

Study Design: The study was conducted in patients admitted with GBS in neurointensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital. The demographic, clinical factors, electrophysiological, and spirometric data of all consecutive patients were prospectively collected.

Incidence of malignancies in biopsy-proven inflammatory myopathy.

Background: Inflammatory myopathy (IM) as a manifestation of paraneoplastic syndrome has been well-documented. However, the prevalence of malignancies reported varies across the studies. There are very few studies reported from Asia, only one from India.