…REPORT FROM THE ENS 2008 – Musculoskeletal disorders are common in patients with Parkinsons disease but are often inadequately managed, according to a survey conducted in the U.K. (Natalwala et al. Abstract 0216. J Neurol 2008;255(suppl 2): 52). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
…REPORT FROM THE ENS 2008 – Several epidemiological studies have suggested a link between vascular risk factors such as hypertension and Alzheimers disease (Tzourio. Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2007;9:61-70). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
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…ented a retrospective analysis of data on 24 patients undergoing either STN-DBS or GPi-DBS (Pemkumar et al. Baninfo Abstract P399. J Neurol 2008;255(suppl 2): 98-99). At that centre, STN was the preferred target but GPi was performed after 2005 following increasing reports of cognitive and/or psychiatric AEs with wholesale jerseys STN-DBS. Both approaches were found to be equivalent with respect to levodopa dose reductions (STN 38% vs. GPi 36.9% r…
…4 allele was increased among patients with MCI (36%) and subjective memory complaints (22%) compared to healthy controls (15%) (van der Flier et al. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2008;25:433-438). The prevalence among patients with Alzheimers disease was 42%. A recently published analysis of patients in two longitudinal cohort studies (Washington Heights and Inwood Columbia cheap jerseys Aging Project, and the Predictors Study) has also reported tha…