COVID-19: A grim reminder of my roots – Neurology Blogs
The loss of life and disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on my family and community are a glaring reminder of my roots and how our backgrounds influence health care outcomes.
The loss of life and disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on my family and community are a glaring reminder of my roots and how our backgrounds influence health care outcomes.
A 2-year-old girl presented with 2 weeks of seizures, left-sided chorea, ataxia, and behavioral/speech regression. MRI of the brain revealed cerebellitis (Figure 1) with negative…
A 17-year-old boy with typical neurodevelopment presented with 3 months of lower-limb weakness without a history of trauma. Physical examination, plain radiography and a T2-weighted…
Background and ObjectivesIn the United States, many child neurologists (CNs) and neurodevelopmental disability (NDD) specialists who read EEGs in clinical practice had no additional EEG…
Background and ObjectivesTo determine the prevalence of silent brain infarction (SBI) and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) in adults with atrial fibrillation (AF), coronary artery…
An 18-year-old woman with a refractory large B-cell lymphoma stage III (without CNS involvement) was admitted for the administration of anti-CD19 CAR-T therapy. On the…
Dr. Justin Abbatemarco talks with Dr. Bob Fox about the relationship between serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) levels and radiologic multiple sclerosis disease activity. Dr.…
Susac syndrome is a rare autoimmune disorder affecting the endothelial cells of arterioles in the brain, inner ear, and retina. 1,2 The characteristic clinical triad…
Dr. Justin Abbatemarco talks with Dr. Bob Fox about the relationship between serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) levels and radiologic multiple sclerosis disease activity. Read…
Background and ObjectivesSerum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) levels correlate with multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity, but the dynamics of this correlation are unknown. We evaluated…
Background and ObjectivesThere is a paucity of high-level evidence for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in posterior cerebral artery (PCA) strokes.MethodsThe MEDLINE, Embase, and Web of Science…