Category Neurology
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Encephalitis

Encephalitis an acute encephalopathy due to an inflammatory cause
Underlying causes are numerous and may be infectious or non-infectious, many of which lack effective therapies

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Stroke Thrombolysis

Stroke Thrombolysis: thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke is a controversial intervention; it is supported by a number of guidelines and in general is viewed favourably by the neurological community

Sidney Weinstein (1922 - 2010) 340

Sidney Weinstein

Sidney Weinstein (1922 - 2010) was and American neuroscientist and neuropsychologist. Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test and the Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test

Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson (1837–1909) 340

Douglas Argyll Robertson

Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson (1837–1909) was a Scottish surgeon and ophthalmologist. Eponym: Argyll Robertson pupils

Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816 – 1883) 340

Ernest-Charles Lasègue

Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816 – 1883) French Physician. Eponym Lasègue sign of sciatic nerve irritation. Anorexia nervosa. Folie à deux. Conversion hysteria.

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Paul Julius Moebius

Paul Julius Möbius (1853-1907) was a German neurologist specialist in neuroanatomy and neurological disorders. Möbius sign, syndrome, disease

Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833 – 1910) 340

Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen

Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833 - 1910) was a German pathologist. Eponymously affiliated with von Recklinghausen disease (neurofibromatosis NF-1); von Recklinghausen tumor (adenoleiomyofibroma); and von Recklinghausen canals (lymphatic canaliculi).