Background Mutations involving isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH 1) occur in a high proportion
of diffuse gliomas, with implications on diagnosis and prognosis. About 90% involve exon …

Object Significant numbers of patients with spinal tuberculosis (TB), especially in developing
countries, still present late after disease onset with severe neurological deficits. The authors …

BACKGROUND: To study the visual outcome of patients who became blind after an episode
of pituitary apoplexy and who subsequently underwent emergency transsphenoidal …

Purpose Intracranial aneurysms in children are not as common as in adults and there are
many differences in the etiology, demographic variables, aneurysm location, aneurysm …

Object Split cord malformations (SCMs) are rare anomalies of the spinal cord. A total of 254
cases of SCM were treated surgically at the authors' center during a period of 16 years. …

Methods A total of 203 patients with split cord malformation (SCM) were operated on at our
centre between March 1989 and October 2003. Patients’ demographic profile, radiological …

Neurotrophins and their receptors of the Trk family play a critical role in proliferation,
differentiation and survival of the developing neurons. There are reports on their expression in …

Objective To describe management and outcome in a large cohort of patients with spinal
tuberculosis (TB). Methods Of 212 patients with spinal TB treated between January 1999 and …

Aims and objectives To assess the factors associated with development of pressure ulcer in
patients with severe traumatic brain injury ( TBI ) and study its prognostic significance with …

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) Patients generally have a dismal prognosis, with median
survival of 10-12 months. GBM with long-term survival (LTS) of≥ 5 years is rare, and no …