[This corrects the article on p. 281 in vol. 10, PMID: 25324876.].

Word-finding difficulty’ (WFD)is an expressive speech disorder that can result from a wide range of neurologic disturbances. It be the multiple brain disorders such as infraction [1], epilepsy [2] infectious disease [3] or even sclerosis [4].

ELEVATION of the y-globulin concentration in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurologic disorders has been reported (1-3). Expression of the y-globulin values in milligrams per hundred milliliters does not reveal whether this increase is due to a general elevation of total protein or y-globuin alone. Determinations of both y-globulin and total protei...

There is a strong association between sleep-related problems and neurologic diseases. Neurologic diseases of the CNS can directly cause sleep problems when sleep-wake mechanisms associated with the ascending reticular activating system are involved. The major sleep disorders associated with neurologic problems are outlined in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, 2nd edition, as ...

OBJECTIVE The possibility of adverse neurologic events has fueled much concern about the safety of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccinations. The available evidence concerning several of the postulated complications is controversial. The aim of this study was to assess whether an association prevails between MMR vaccination and encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, and autism. METHODS A retrospect...

The role of monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies in treating medical conditions has expanded tremendously since its inception in the 1970s, and their use in neurologic conditions has increased in just the past few years. Currently, mAb treatments are being tested in conditions ranging from neuromuscular disorders to demyelinating diseases. What is now considered experimental therapy may soon bec...

Movement disorders include both psychiatric illnesses with neurologic features and neurologic illnesses with frequent psychiatric complications. During 1998, neuropsychiatric progress was made on several fronts, notably in parkinsonism and tic disorders. This remains an exciting area for research, with many unsolved, clinically important problems, but increasing neurobiologic knowledge and soph...