Fig. 1 Speculated pathways involved in AVM pathogenesis. Angiogenic factors, such as VEGF, induce endothelial mitogenesis. When mutation of AVM causative genes occurs, the angiogenic response leads to the formation…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Richard L. Applegate, Gang Chen, Hua Feng and John H. Zhang (eds.)Brain Edema XVIActa Neurochirurgica Supplement12110.1007/978-3-319-18497-5_1 The Evolution of the Clinical Use of Osmotic Therapy in the Treatment of Cerebral Edema…
Fig. 2.1 Normal brain. (a) The lobes gyri and major sulci labeled in the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal gyri, and the motor strip identified on the lateral surface of…
Fig. 15.1 CSF findings In 91 of 105 patients in this study had a CSF analysis, and in this group 34 out of 91 had abnormal CSF including 3 with…
Reason Total # Subclass # Trauma 195 RTA: Boda-Boda 135, Auto 19. 154 Normal 14 Assault 28 Fall 13 CVA 46 Ischemic 15 Hemorrhagic: 28 (Subdural 10 Epidural…
Country Year 2000 population ≥60 years in thousands Year 2025 population ≥60 years in thousands % increase over 5 years in people ≥60 years % increase of general population Algeria…
Neurodegenerative disorder System involved Neurologic/psychiatric/behavioral abnormalities Inheritance pattern Infantile Refsum’s disease Peroxisomal disorders Rapid, jerky eye movements (nystagmus); progressive muscle weakness and wasting; poor balance and coordination (ataxia); hearing loss…
Fig. 3.1 Distribution of the in-patients by sex and ward Figure 3.2 shows a population pyramid for patients in Mulago and the national population pyramid. While patients’ age distribution is…
Fig. 8.1 Disease burden on the neurology unit in Mulago Hospital, 2012 (Matovu et al. 2012 data unpublished) Risk Factors for Stroke In a study carried out in Uganda’s Mulago…
ANI HIV-associated asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment Cognitive impairment involving at least two cognitive domains (performance of at least 1 SD below the mean for norms on neuropsychological tests) 1. The…
