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A case of typhoid fever with neuropsychiatric features is described. These comprised confusion and delirium, meningism, a single major convulsion and bilateral athetoic movements. Athetosis has not previously been described in typhoid fever and must now be added to the long list of neuropsychiatric
Objective: To characterize fever-induced paroxysmal weakness and encephalopathy (FIPWE) caused by ATP1A3 gene pathogenic variant. Methods: Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of 4 FIPWE patients (3 boys and 1 girl), who were ascertained from October 2016 to March 2018 in Beijing
Relapse of herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis following acyclovir therapy has been reported infrequently in children beyond the neonatal period. The pathogenic mechanism of the recurrence is not fully understood. We report two new cases that support a mechanism of latent HSV infection with
Most movement disorders, reflecting degenerative disorders, develop in a slowly progressive fashion. Some movement disorders, however, manifest with an acute onset. We wish to give an overview of the management and therapy of those acute-onset movement disorders.Drug-induced movement disorders are
We present the case of a 31-year-old woman who developed N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis during the course of relapsing and remitting multiple brain lesions. The patient developed a tingling sensation in the left upper and lower extremities, and was first admitted to our hospital
Kuru disease is linked with the name of D. Carleton Gajdusek and he was the first to show that this human neurodegenerative disease can be transmitted to chimpanzees and subsequently classified as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), or slow unconventional virus disease. It was first
Role of basal ganglia: Vesalius and Piccolomini distinguished subcortical nuclei from cortex and white matter in the 16th century. Willis' mistaken concept in the late 17th century that the corpus striatum was the seat of motor power persisted for 200 years and formed the basis of mid-19th-century
300 patients with sleeping sickness have been admitted, at the AHT clinic of Daloa, over a time period of 22 months. The sex ratio of the patients is 1.5 males for 1 female; the mean age is 25.5 years. The most frequent signs and symptoms observed by clinical examination are: fever (30%), nodes