An immune-mediated attack on the cerebellar Purkinje cells and consequent cerebellar symptoms define paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration(PCD), a subtype of the PNS. Axonal or demyelinating ...

Figure 6 Computed tomography and FDG-PET in a patient positive for anti-Yo with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration. Abdominal CT (A) was initially reported clear, but FDG-PET (B) shows clear ...

Additional tests were done if clinically indicated. Patients with a history of alcohol abuse, prolonged use of the anticonvulsant drug phenytoin, multiple sclerosis, vitamin E deficiency, ...

Several neuropsychiatric disorders such as attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as neurological diseases such as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3 ...

Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China Objective: To investigate the differences of clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes between ...

Fibroid degeneration occurs when a uterine fibroid outgrows its limited blood supply and begins to die. Fibroids are benign uterine growths made of smooth muscle cells and fibrous tissue. Some people ...

Macular degeneration is very common and affects an estimated 19.8 million people in the United States. Approximately one in 10 Americans age 50 and older have an early form of the disease and as many ...

Clinicians should consider this treatable disorder in the differential diagnosis of vCJD. CSF, cerebrospinal fluid MRI, magnetic resonance imaging PLE, paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis vCJD, variant ...

Using a unique cerebellar disruption approach in non-human primates, this study provides valuable new insight into how cerebellar inputs to the motor cortex contribute to reaching. Evidence for many ...

Macular degeneration usually refers to the age-related degenerative changes in the retina that can result in loss of central vision. It is caused by abnormal blood vessel growth (a condition ...