Nervous System Diseases - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Actigraphy: a valuable diagnostic tool or a luxury investigation? (Neuropsychiatric aspects).

28 Sep 2009 AIM: Despite of the continuing interest in actigraphy it has a relatively low impact on the everyday medical routine. Accordingly, we set out to review the current state and to recommend relevant further indications for its application, especially ... Read more...

Neurologic abnormalities in HTLV-I- and HTLV-II-infected individuals without overt myelopathy.

6 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I is the causative agent of HTLV-associated myelopathy (HAM)/tropical spastic paraparesis, and a number of HAM cases with HTLV-II infection have also been reported. However, despite some reports, it ... Read more...

Pathogenesis of neurologic manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

30 Aug 2009 Mycoplasma pneumoniae has been associated with various neurologic manifestations, but exactly how the organism can cause such a wide variety of diseases is a long-standing mystery. In this respect, although pneumonia has been considered the hallmark ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Nervous System Diseases - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sarcoidosis: extrathoracic manifestations. 30 Oct 2009
• Between the covers: this month's main articles. 29 Sep 2009
• [Report from the 2009 scientific meeting of the Környey Society] 28 Sep 2009
• Actigraphy: a valuable diagnostic tool or a luxury investigation? (Neuropsychiatric aspects). 28 Sep 2009
• Neurologic abnormalities in HTLV-I- and HTLV-II-infected individuals without overt myelopathy. 6 Sep 2009
• Pathogenesis of neurologic manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. 30 Aug 2009
• Neuroproteomics: understanding the molecular organization and complexity of the brain. 30 Aug 2009
• Evoked potential monitoring identifies possible neurological injury during positioning for craniotomy. 30 Aug 2009
• Preoperative preparation of the surgical patient with neurologic disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Child neurology: Past, present, and future: part 1: history. 16 Aug 2009
• [Clinical research in neurology: from bench to bedside] 12 Aug 2009
• Passive oxygen insufflation is superior to bag-valve-mask ventilation for witnessed ventricular fibrillation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. 4 Aug 2009
• Cerebral venous infarction during a high altitude expedition. 30 Jul 2009
• [Neurological complication after a vertical infraclavicular brachial plexus block. Case report of possible differential diagnoses of a neurological deficit] 30 Jul 2009
• Gabapentin therapy for pain and irritability in a neurologically impaired infant. 30 Jul 2009
• Editorial: assessing MEG. 30 Jul 2009
• I've stopped examining patients! 30 Jul 2009
• Protean manifestations of pediatric neurosarcoidosis. 30 Jul 2009
• An update on nerve biopsy. 30 Jul 2009
• Comment on "Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome". 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Nervous System Diseases'

Definition: Diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system. This includes disorders of the brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves, peripheral nerves, nerve roots, autonomic nervous system, neuromuscular junction, and muscle.

Descriptor UI: D009422

Alternative terms: Nervous System Diseases; Disease, Nervous System; Diseases, Nervous System; Nervous System Disease; Neurologic Disorders; Disorder, Neurologic; Disorders, Neurologic; Neurologic Disorder; Neurological Disorders; Disorder, Neurological; Disorders, Neurological; Neurological Disorder; Nervous System Disorders; Disorder, Nervous System; Disorders, Nervous System; Nervous System Disorder;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10;

Online Note: pre-explosion = NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES (PX)

History Note: 1965

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; /diag: consider also DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; inflamm dis = NEURITIS; "diabetic neuropathy" & "diabetic peripheral neuropathy": index only under DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES;/chem ind: consider NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES