Volume 4 Issue 3

Research

Atypical Presentation of Wilson's Disease – Need for High Index of Suspicion

Lakshmi Lavanya M1 , Butchi Raju G1*, GopiS1 , Sateesh Kumar T1 and Aruna Kumari U1 1 Department of Neurology, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam

Wilson's disease [WD] is a potentially treatable autosomal-recessive disorder, which present as various protean clinical manifestations. The initial presentation can be hepatic or neurological or other system dysfunction alone.No two patients of WD may have similar clinical characteristics even among the common sib-ship, which leads to delay in diagnosis. PDF

Case Report

Optimising Management of a Patient With Early - Onset Huntington's Disease (Westphal Variant): A Case Report

Fotiou Dimitrios F MD, PhD1 , Papalamprou Artemis L MD1 , Tzikas Euripides E MD1* and Tegos Thomas J MD, PhD1

Huntington's Disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and probably the most widely known example of CAG repeat expansion phenotype. The mutant gene responsible is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, thus tending to express itself in every generation of an affected family at any time from the first to the eighth PDF

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A Case of Vertical Ophthalmoplegia and Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia

Fotiou Dimitrios F MD, PhD1 , Tzikas Euripides E MD1* and Papalamprou Artemis L MD1

Although vertical gaze palsy and nonfluent aphasia are strongly associated with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and progressive nonfluent aphasia (PNFA) respectively, as they are both part of the frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) spectrum, they share clinical features PDF

Research Article R

Recharging Rooms: Spaces to Connect with Ourselves

Mª Isabel Martinez Castro*

Over a decade ago, Wainwright and Calnan [1] argued strongly that work stress had reached epidemic proportions within industrialized societies. Recent evidence suggests that little has changed and contemporary workplaces continue to be studied in the search for answers about what causes and what prevents PDF

Commentary

Social Entrepreneurship and Adaptive Technology

Celia M Ross*

A recent study found that cataract surgery slowed the rate of cognitive decline among the elderly [1]. Another study found that hearing aid use may help slow cognitive decline [2]. These findings add to the body of research pointing to a relationship between sensory decline and cognitive decline [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. One of the possible PDF