Successful Neurological Recovery with Multimodality Therapy without Surgery for Spinal Metastases from Advanced Gastric Cancer by Hideyuki Kinoshita, Hiroto Kamoda, Takeshi Ishii, Yoko Hagiwara, Toshinori Tsukanishi, Yusuke Amanuma, Rino Nankinzan, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Naoya Hirosawa, Seiji Ohtori, Tsukasa Yonemoto

“…To the best of our knowledge, no reports in literature have described extensive recovery of paralysis with multimodality treatment without surgery in these cases. …”
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Combination Treatment of C16 Peptide and Angiopoietin-1 Alleviates Neuromyelitis Optica in an Experimental Model by Yuanyuan Zhang, Kewei Tian, Hong Jiang, Beibei Wang, Shu Han

“…In conclusion, our study suggests a possible treatment that can relieve progressive blindness and paralysis in an animal model of NMO through improvement of the inflammatory milieu.…”
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Brainstem and Cerebellar Involvement in Ramsay Hunt Syndrome by Vijay Letchuman, Charles D. Donohoe

“…Classic findings include the triad of ipsilateral facial paralysis, otic pain, and herpetic lesions in the sensory supply of the facial nerve. …”
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Unilateral Laryngeal Pacing System and Its Functional Evaluation by Taiping Zeng, Zhiping Zhang, Weiwei Peng, Fei Zhang, Baker Y. Shi, Fangyi Chen

“…Unilateral vocal fold paralysis model was induced by destruction of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) in anesthetized dogs. …”
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Analysis of Risk Factors for Postoperative Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis and its Treatment and Nursing by Huayun Liu, Yunhua Peng

“…Conclusion. Hypertension, limb paralysis, CVC of lower limbs, and bedridden time are all independent risk factors for LEDVT after surgery. …”
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Bell’s Palsy: A Prospective Study by Ahmed Hassan Kamil Mustafa, Ahmed Mohammed Suleiman

“…Bell’s palsy is an acute idiopathic facial nerve paralysis of sudden onset. It is the most common cause of lower motor neuron facial nerve paralysis with an annual incidence of 15–30 per 100,000 population. …”
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Epidural abscess formation after chemotherapy for breast cancer: a case report and literature review by Youzhi An, Lili Li, Qingning Liu, Zhen Zhang, Xuelin Lin

“…Here, we report a rare case of a thoracic suppurative epidural abscess in a female patient who developed incomplete paralysis of both lower limbs after chemotherapy for breast cancer. …”
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Limb Muscle Reinnervation with the Nerve-Muscle-Endplate Grafting Technique: An Anatomical Feasibility Study by Liancai Mu, Jingming Chen, Jing Li, Stanislaw Sobotka, Themba Nyirenda

“…Peroneal nerve injuries results in tibialis anterior (TA) muscle paralysis. TA paralysis could cause “foot drop,” a disabling condition that can make walking difficult. …”
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Nucleic Acid-based Identification of Major Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Viruses in the Jammu Region of India by Ram Narayan Sharma Ram, Devinder Sharma, Biswajit Brahma, Pradeep Kumar Kumawat, Sharad Kumar Meena

“…The incidence range of Israeli acute paralysis disease was 8.33 to 21.42 %. The incidence range for Kashmir bee disease was 5.71 to 28.33 %. …”
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In Vitro Anthelmintic Activity of Ethanol Stem Bark Extract of Albizia ferruginea (Guill. & Perr.) Benth by Miriam Tagoe, Yaw Duah Boakye, Theresah Appiah Agana, Vivian Etsiapa Boamah, Christian Agyare

“…The methanol fraction at 0.5 mg/mL caused paralysis after 69.90±0.15 min and death of worm after 92.53±0.74 min of exposure. …”
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Challenges in the Management of Giant Carcinoma Ex-Pleiomorphic Adenoma of the Parotid Gland in a Single Tertiary Center by Miruna Bratiloveanu, Mihai Dumitru, Andreea Nicoleta Marinescu, Crenguta Serboiu, Oana Maria Patrascu, Adrian Costache, Daniela Vrinceanu

“…<i>Conclusions:</i> CXPA is a neoplasia that, when associated with large tumor volumes or peripheral facial paralysis in particular, is a challenge for both the doctor and patient.…”
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome due to CMV Reactivation after Cardiac Transplantation by Christina Maria Steger, Herwig Antretter, Daniel Höfer

“…The instantaneous postoperative course was uneventful, but, seven months later, he suffered from paralysis in the lower extremities finally resulting in quadriplegia and was admitted to hospital. …”
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Narcolepsy: a case report and review of literature by E. Baltakytė, A. Popa, E. Pajėdienė

“… Narcolepsy is one of the central hypersomnias associated with a tetrad of symptoms: excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations. On average, the accurate diagnosis of narcolepsy is made after 10.5 years after the onset of the disease, therefore the treatment is delayed causing a reduced quality of life. …”
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Antibody Response in Seropositive Multiple Sclerosis Patients Vaccinated with Attenuated Live Varicella Zoster Virus by RT Ross, MR Dawood, Mary Cheang, Lindsay E Nicolle

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine the safety and effectiveness of live attenuated varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccine (OKA/Merck) on 50 patients with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), based on the hypothesis that VZV might be the antigen or antigen mimic of MS plus the fact that repeated high antigen doses have produced ‘antigen paralysis’ in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis mice.…”
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Nutrition management for ischemic stroke patient with hemorrhagic transformation, hemiparesis dextra and dysphagia: A case report by Saliha Puspita Prameswari Fajria, Muharram Nurdin Naufal

“…This case report details an 81-year-old man with ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic transformation, experiencing decreased consciousness, right-sided paralysis and dysphagia. At risk of malnutrition, the patient required tailored nutritional care and was given low-lactose formula via nasogastric tube (NGT) as initial intervention. …”
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Circulatory Collapse due to Hyperinflation in a Patient with Tracheobronchomalacia: A Case Report and Brief Review by Niclas Lundström, Gert Henriksson, Ola Börjesson, Malin Jonsson Fagerlund, Johan Petersson

“…Adjusted ventilation settings, deep sedation, and muscle paralysis followed by acute stenting of the affected collapsing airways restored ventilation and prevented recurrent circulatory collapse. …”
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Seeing without the Occipito-Parietal Cortex: Simultagnosia as a Shrinkage of the Attentional Visual Field by François Michel, Marie-Anne Henaff

“…With her visual attention narrowed to a kind of functional tunnel vision, the patient exhibited simultanagnosia (Wolpert, 1924), a symptom previously described in 1909 by Balint under the label of Psychic paralysis of “Gaze”. In striking contrast AT showed an efficient and effortless perception of complex natural scenes, which, according to recent work in normal subjects, necessitate few if any attentional resources.…”
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Guillain–Barré Syndrome Secondary to West Nile Virus in New York City by Rafail Beshai, Daniel Bibawy, Joseph Bibawy

“…She had a rapidly progressing ascending paralysis, a common feature in GBS patients but an uncommon presentation in WNV. …”
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Late Stent Thrombosis in a Patient with Endovascular Aortic Repair for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury by Michael H. Chiu, Youri Kaitoukov, Amanda Roze des Ordons

“…We present a case of a 19-year-old male who presented with acute paralysis and multiorgan dysfunction from acute TEVAR thrombosis. …”
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Renaissance à Bulawayo, Zimbabwe : la ville dans The Stone Virgins de Yvonne Vera by Marie-Jeanne Gauffre

“…Indeed, both a protective shell and the centre of a network of streets opening out into the outer world, Bulawayo cons trasts with the confinement and paralysis of the main characters, whose injured selves echo outside chaos. …”
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