PURPOSE OF REVIEW Just as gastrointestinal dysfunction may develop in the setting of neurologic disease, neurologic dysfunction may become evident in the setting of gastrointestinal disease. This article describes the range of neurologic features that have been described in three primary gastrointestinal diseases: celiac disease and gluten-related disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, and Whip...

Abstract Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus is an underreported cause of miscarriage and neurologic disease. Surveillance remains challenging because nonspecific symptomatology, inconsistent case reporting, difficulties with diagnostic testing. We describe a acute lymphocytic disease in person living HIV Connecticut, USA, identified by using quantitative reverse transcription PCR.

OBJECTIVE To compare tetrathiomolybdate and trientine in treating patients with the neurologic presentation of Wilson disease for the frequency of neurologic worsening, adverse effects, and degree of neurologic recovery. DESIGN A randomized, double-blind, controlled, 2-arm study of 48 patients with the neurologic presentation of Wilson disease. Patients either received 500 mg of trientine hyd...

Pain in neurologic disease is common and may be severe. The clinical features of pain in neurologic disease are seldom disease-specific. Pain presentations in neurologic disease are diverse, reflecting diverse mechanisms. Nociceptive, as well as neuropathic, pain commonly occurs. Individual patients may have more than one pain phenotype. For each pain phenotype, the physiological nature of the ...

OBJECTIVE To perform the first prospective survey of neurologic and neurosurgical emergency department (ED) admissions in Haiti. METHODS Data of all ED admissions at 3 Haitian hospitals for 90 consecutive days per site were collected prospectively. Patients who were given a diagnosis of a neurologic or neurosurgical disorder by the ED physician were entered in a deidentified database includin...

Diseases of the ear often cause signs of neurologic dysfunction because of damage of peripheral nervous system structures associated with the middle and inner ear. Vestibular dysfunction, facial paralysis, Horner's syndrome, and hearing deficits are the most common neurologic deficits that accompany middle and inner ear disease. Differentiating these signs from disease of the central nervous sy...

The sex hormone progesterone has been shown to improve outcomes in animal models of a number of neurologic diseases, including traumatic brain injury, ischemia, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, demyelinating disease, neuromuscular disorders, and seizures. Evidence suggests it exerts its neuroprotective effects through several pathways, including reducing edema, improving neuronal su...