OBJECTIVES To examine the relation between social deprivation and the prevalence of epilepsy and associated morbidity using hospital activity data as a proxy. METHODS The study was conducted in the ...

Background Data regarding long-term recovery from autoimmune encephalitis (AE) remain limited. Methods This retrospective observational study investigated outcomes in 182 patients who met the 2016 ...

Objective To evaluate the prognosis and progression of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), a rare X-linked motor neuron disorder caused by trinucleotide repeat expansion in the AR (androgen ...

Background The safety and effectiveness of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) for the treatment of dystonia lack high-level evidence-based medical support. This study aimed to ...

Objective To retrospectively investigate safety and efficacy of nusinersen in a large cohort of adult Italian patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Methods Inclusion criteria were: (1) clinical ...

While peripheral neuropathies have conventionally been classified into demyelinating or axonal, recent studies have proposed a novel concept, namely a ‘nodopathy’, whereby microstructural changes ...

Background Associations between comorbidity and reduced persistence to disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) in multiple sclerosis (MS) have been identified. Limited information is available regarding ...

Background Plasma phosphorylated tau (p-tau) 217 test has emerged as a minimally invasive and accessible alternative to positron emission tomography imaging and cerebrospinal fluid analysis for ...

The increasing complexity of personalised medicine to deliver targeted and highly specific therapeutics to patients for their disease depends on the diagnostic accuracy of our clinical medicine. The ...

Objective Antibodies against contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CASPR2-Abs) have been described in acquired neuromyotonia, limbic encephalitis (LE) and Morvan syndrome (MoS). However, it is unknown ...

Background Previous studies have shown that patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have hyperexcitability in both the motor cortex and peripheral motor axons, but the relationship between ...

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common and disabling disorder that is often considered difficult to treat, particularly in adults. Psychological therapies are often recommended for FND.