Practical Neurology - For the inquisitive neurologist
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'Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease'
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ALT Announcement for BMJ Neurology Open Topic Collections, titled 'Call for Papers: Biomarkers in Parkinson’s Disease' with a 25% off APC offer on a teal background.
🎙️New Case reports podcast episode!
Mystifying malabsorption, and brain stem syndromes 🧠🥗
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#CaseReports #Neurology #MedEd #MedicalEducation #Malabsorption
'Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease'
We have topic collections in your research area. Find out more: bit.ly/4vK6C7u
ALT Announcement for BMJ Neurology Open Topic Collections, titled 'Call for Papers: Biomarkers in Parkinson’s Disease' with a 25% off APC offer on a teal background.
New podcast episode 🎙️
Mapping the blind spot: papilloedema for neurologists
🚀 From bed rest for Mars missions to swollen optic discs 👁️: when is it papilloedema & when is it not?
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Profound, unexplained encephalopathy after a fall 👇 MRI DWI & SWI show a classic 'starfield' pattern.
What is the diagnosis? 🧠
📎 pn.bmj.com/content/early/202…
#NeuroTwitter #Neuroradiology #MedEd
Personality traits & disorders frequently shape the neurology consultation.
A practical guide on navigating relational patterns, spotting acquired vs primary traits, and setting clear, empathic boundaries 👇
📎 pn.bmj.com/content/early/202…
#NeuroTwitter #Neurology
Check out this case of 'backpack palsy' where A 30kg+ rucksack triggered acute multi-level brachial plexus compression, leading to right scapular winging and focal limb weakness. Key clinical takeaways classic imaging pn.bmj.com/content/early/202… #MedEd #NeuroTwitter
Juvenile-onset HD looks very different to adult HD; chorea is rare, while parkinsonism, seizures, and cognitive decline predominate.
📎 pn.bmj.com/content/early/202…
#neurology #rarediseases
Is exercise triggering your patient's migraine or serving as a preventive treatment? 🏋️♀️
Unpack the complex relationship between physical activity and headache disorders in this fresh #OpenAccess review from @PractNeurol 🔓👇🔗 pn.bmj.com/content/early/202…
'Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease'
We have topic collections in your research area. Find out more: bit.ly/4vK6C7u
ALT Announcement for BMJ Neurology Open Topic Collections, titled 'Call for Papers: Biomarkers in Parkinson’s Disease' with a 25% off APC offer on a teal background.
Meningioangiomatosis is not just a young person’s disease! 🧠 A 59-year-old presenting with recurrent focal seizures was found to have sporadic MA.
🔗 pn.bmj.com/content/early/202… #MedTwitter #NeuroTwitter #NeuroRad
Papilloedema, Parkinson's follow-up, and subhairline EEG. Join us on the pod for this issue's Editors' Highlights!
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Following an unsuccessful central line attempt, a 61-year-old man developed complete right brachial plexus weakness and a pulsatile mass in the right neck/shoulder area.
Spot the complication👇
🔗pn.bmj.com/content/early/202…
📚 Journal Club : To steroid or not to steroid? That is the question!
Our latest review looks at the DexEnceph trial (adjunct dexamethasone vs. aciclovir alone).
🔗 Read the full commentary: pn.bmj.com/content/early/202…
#Neurology #MedEd
🟪 Refractory epilepsy surgery and the paradox of autoimmune encephalitis - live from #ABN2026! 🎙️
The team discuss the enduring value of case reports, including those rare occasions when patients are referred to by their first names.
#Neurology #MedEd #AutoimmuneEncephalitis
Here are the links:
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Falls on clozapine? 🧐 Don't just blame postural hypotension.Negative myoclonus (causing sudden "knee buckling") is a rare, treatable adverse effect often missed in polypharmacy. 📖 Full case in "pn-2026-005235.full.pdf": pn.bmj.com/content/early/202… #NeuroTwitter