BMJ23h
Clinical biomarker-based biological ageing and future risk of neurological disorders in the UK Biobank
Background Many common neurological disorders are associated with advancing chronological age, but their association with biological age (BA) remains poorly understood. Methods We studied 325 870 ...
BMJ1d
What causes lacunar stroke?
Correspondence to: Dr J M Wardlaw Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Crewe Rd, Edinburgh EH4 2XU UK; joanna.wardlawed.ac.uk ...
BMJ4d
Hashimoto’s encephalopathy: steroid resistance and response to intravenous immunoglobulins
Department of Neurology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK Correspondence to: Dr Y A Rajabally Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of ...
BMJ5d
Disentangling the multiple links between renal dysfunction and cerebrovascular disease
Correspondence to Dr Dearbhla Kelly, Centre for the Prevention of Stroke and Dementia, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; ...
BMJ2d
Anti-epileptic drug loading – an audit and introduction of levetiracetam loading protocol
Background Status epilepticus is a medical emergency and carries a high mortality. Early seizure control is important to prevent neurological complications. In our centre, phenytoin loading is given ...
BMJ6d
Extent of white matter lesions is related to acute subcortical infarcts and predicts further stroke risk in patients with first ever ischaemic stroke
Objective: To investigate whether the extent of white matter lesions (WML) on fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI sequences is an independent risk factor for recurrent stroke, and to ...