Auto-antibodies and clinical-imaging associations in patients with Movements Disorders from a Neurological Institute in Mexico
Objective: Determine the prevalence of systemic and anti-neuronal antibodies in Movement Disorders patients from a third-level neurological hospital. Background: Autoimmunity is a common cause of…Evidence based management of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Lessons and future directions
Objective: To present the methodology and management tree of patients referred to the Henry Ford NPH conference for an evaluation from 2003 to 2017. Background:…Cerebellar Ataxia – The First Symptom of HIV Infection
Objective: To describe a patient with unusual and rare initial presentation of HIV infection – a progressive cerebellar ataxia. Background: Isolated cerebellar degeneration in an…Steroid-responsive encephalopathy with associated thyroiditis (SREAT) presenting with pure cerebellar ataxia
Objective: To describe two patients with SREAT presenting with progressive cerebellar ataxia. Background: SREAT or Hashimoto’s encephalopathy is an autoimmune encephalopathy typically presenting with rapidly…Delayed progressive spastic cerebellar ataxia and cerebellar atrophy after Heat Stroke
Objective: To describe a very rare case of delayed progressive spastic cerebellar ataxia after an episode of survival after heat stroke Background: Heat stroke is…Ataxia, opsoclonus and peripheral neuropathy induced by chronic toluene intoxication.
Objective: To report a case of a young patient with opsoclonus, ataxia and peripheral neuropathy due to toluene intoxication. Background: Amid the causes of…Ataxia asociated to neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
Objective: To describe a case of severe ataxia associated with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder with spinal cord and medulla oblongata involment. Background: Although brain stem…Progressive ataxia and palatal tremor: 2 autopsy cases of a novel tauopathy
Objective: We report clinical and neuropathological findings in 2 cases of sporadic progressive ataxia and palatal tremor (PAPT). Background: Sporadic PAPT is a rare syndrome characterized by mid-…Intracerebroventricular D-galactose injection provokes motor coordination impairment and cerebellar damage in Wistar rats
Objective: The present study was performed to investigate the effect of galactose (GAL) (at concentration in the brain, found in classical galactosemia) on motor coordination…Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome in a seronegative patient with disseminated cryptococcosis: The first case report
Objective: To describe a 56-year-old man who presented with OMA due to disseminated cryptococcosis. Background: Opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome (OMA) is a rare neurological syndrome,characterized by a…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.