Yusuf A Rajabally

Summary

Affiliation: University Hospitals of Leicester
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy-like disorder associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
    Muscle Nerve 38:855-60. 2008
  2. ncbi A European multicentre reappraisal of distal compound muscle action potential duration in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    Y A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Neuromuscular Clinic, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    Eur J Neurol 19:638-42. 2012
  3. ncbi Median nerve ultrasonography in distinguishing neuropathy sub-types: a pilot study
    Y A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, UK
    Acta Neurol Scand 125:254-9. 2012
  4. ncbi A diabetic patient with recurrent tetraparesis
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
    J R Soc Med 96:351-2. 2003
  5. ncbi Lewis-sumner syndrome of pure upper-limb onset: diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic features
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Muscle Nerve 39:206-20. 2009
  6. ncbi Steroid-responsive paraneoplastic demyelinating neuropathy and myelopathy associated with breast carcinoma
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 10:65-9. 2008
  7. ncbi Epidemiologic variability of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with different diagnostic criteria: study of a UK population
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, Leicester General Hospital, and Department of Health Sciences, Trent RDSU, University of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Muscle Nerve 39:432-8. 2009
  8. ncbi Validity of diagnostic criteria for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a multicentre European study
    Y A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Neuromuscular Clinic, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 80:1364-8. 2009
  9. ncbi Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and acute motor axonal neuropathy after Campylobacter jejuni infection
    Y A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Clinic, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, United Kingdom
    Neurophysiol Clin 39:135-8. 2009
  10. ncbi Restless legs syndrome in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Clinic, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Muscle Nerve 42:252-6. 2010

Detail Information

Publications45

  1. ncbi Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy-like disorder associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
    Muscle Nerve 38:855-60. 2008
    ..No significant objective response to immunomodulatory treatment was observed in any of these patients who all subsequently progressed unfavorably...
  2. ncbi A European multicentre reappraisal of distal compound muscle action potential duration in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    Y A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Neuromuscular Clinic, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    Eur J Neurol 19:638-42. 2012
    ..Cut-offs proposed have not been widely evaluated. The influence of low-cut EMG filter settings ? 10 Hz as used in Europe is uncertain...
  3. ncbi Median nerve ultrasonography in distinguishing neuropathy sub-types: a pilot study
    Y A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, UK
    Acta Neurol Scand 125:254-9. 2012
    ..The diagnostic potential of ultrasonography (US) in polyneuropathy has been studied rarely, with complex measurement/correction techniques. Whether US may be useful in clinical practice remains uncertain...
  4. ncbi A diabetic patient with recurrent tetraparesis
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
    J R Soc Med 96:351-2. 2003
  5. ncbi Lewis-sumner syndrome of pure upper-limb onset: diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic features
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Muscle Nerve 39:206-20. 2009
    ..This could reflect a more localized disease process in upper-limb-onset L-SS. This variant may represent a separate entity, to be distinguished from other asymmetric forms of CIDP...
  6. ncbi Steroid-responsive paraneoplastic demyelinating neuropathy and myelopathy associated with breast carcinoma
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 10:65-9. 2008
    ..Her condition did not progress further after cancer treatment. Partial neurologic improvement occurred with oral steroid therapy, with subsequent deterioration on treatment withdrawal...
  7. ncbi Epidemiologic variability of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with different diagnostic criteria: study of a UK population
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, Leicester General Hospital, and Department of Health Sciences, Trent RDSU, University of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Muscle Nerve 39:432-8. 2009
    ..The EFNS/PNS criteria provide higher diagnostic sensitivity and are of greater clinical relevance, and they also offer a useful breakdown of the epidemiologic data for CIDP subtypes...
  8. ncbi Validity of diagnostic criteria for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a multicentre European study
    Y A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Neuromuscular Clinic, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 80:1364-8. 2009
    ..European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society (EFNS/PNS) criteria require mandatory electrophysiology, as do other sets of criteria...
  9. ncbi Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and acute motor axonal neuropathy after Campylobacter jejuni infection
    Y A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Clinic, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, United Kingdom
    Neurophysiol Clin 39:135-8. 2009
    ..This case suggests that the rarely described neuropathies occurring with NMS may have a postinfectious immune basis and respond to immunomodulatory therapy...
  10. ncbi Restless legs syndrome in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Clinic, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Muscle Nerve 42:252-6. 2010
    ..Our findings may otherwise suggest the existence of peripheral components to the pathophysiology of RLS in patients with CIDP...
  11. ncbi Distribution, clinical correlates and significance of axonal loss and demyelination in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    Y A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    Eur J Neurol 18:293-9. 2011
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  12. ncbi Characteristics and correlates of sensory function in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
    J Neurol Sci 297:11-4. 2010
    ..However, their characteristics and relevance in relation to motor involvement and function have rarely been studied...
  13. ncbi Neuropathy and impaired glucose tolerance: an updated review of the evidence
    Y A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, UK
    Acta Neurol Scand 124:1-8. 2011
    ..However, at present time, consideration of IGT as potential cause of painful small-fibre neuropathy appears justified, especially as patients may benefit from dietary and physical exercise interventions...
  14. ncbi Motor and sensory conduction failure in overlap of Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndrome: two simultaneous cases
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    J Neurol Sci 303:35-8. 2011
    ..The factors determining the electrophysiology, as well as the rate, degree and quality of recovery in GBS subtypes remain uncertain at the present time...
  15. ncbi Dyslipidaemia in chronic acquired distal axonal polyneuropathy
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK
    J Neurol 258:1431-6. 2011
    ..As previously reported, IGT was in our cohort frequent, present in one case in three, in the absence of another identifiable aetiology...
  16. ncbi Thromboembolic complications of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in patients with neuropathy: a two-year study
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    J Neurol Sci 308:124-7. 2011
    ..The incidence and determinants of thromboembolic complications (TEC) of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy in patients with dysimmune neuropathy are uncertain...
  17. ncbi Value of distal compound muscle action potential duration prolongation in acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a European perspective
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Muscle Nerve 43:751-5. 2011
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  18. ncbi Multifocal motor neuropathy: review of a treatable immune mediated disorder
    Y A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Postgrad Med J 84:287-92. 2008
    ..As treatment is less effective later in the course of MMN, early recognition is vital. Long term management is, however, frequently complicated by progressive axonal degeneration resulting in functional decline despite treatment...
  19. ncbi The value of sensory electrophysiology in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    Clin Neurophysiol 118:1999-2004. 2007
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of sensory nerve conduction studies in comparison and in combination with motor conductions in diagnosing chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)...
  20. ncbi Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy after Campylobacter jejuni infection mimicking vasculitic mononeuritis multiplex in a diabetic
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
    J Peripher Nerv Syst 9:98-103. 2004
    ..This case suggests that CIDP should be considered as a potential diagnosis in all diabetics with localized, acute or sub-acute onset, and multiple, or overlapping mononeuropathies...
  21. ncbi Disorder resembling Guillain-Barré syndrome on initiation of statin therapy
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, United Kingdom
    Muscle Nerve 30:663-6. 2004
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  22. ncbi Neuropathy in Parkinson disease: Prevalence and determinants
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Neurology 77:1947-50. 2011
    ..To ascertain the prevalence and determinants of neuropathy in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), in particular, the roles of vitamin B(12) and levodopa exposure...
  23. ncbi Electrophysiological markers of large fibre sensory neuropathy: a study of sensory and motor conduction parameters
    Y A Rajabally
    Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    Eur J Neurol 16:1053-9. 2009
    ..When sural SNAPs are normal, the sural/radial amplitude ratio (SRAR) was found to improve diagnostic yield in some studies. Motor parameters have been studied rarely, but may be helpful in this setting...
  24. ncbi Hemiplegic ALS: Mills syndrome
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
    Neurology 64:1984-5. 2005
  25. ncbi Optimizing the use of electrophysiology in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a study of 20 cases
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
    J Peripher Nerv Syst 10:282-92. 2005
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  26. ncbi Neuropathy and paraproteins: review of a complex association
    Y A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Clinic, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    Eur J Neurol 18:1291-8. 2011
    ..Causality is only established in few cases. Adequate management ideally requires joint neurological/haematological input for diagnosis, monitoring and treatment...
  27. ncbi Electrophysiological entrapment syndromes in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Muscle Nerve 44:444-7. 2011
    ..Although electrophysiological study of entrapment sites is not diagnostically useful in CIDP, it may help distinguish it from other neuropathies and confirm clinically relevant, surgically treatable compressions...
  28. ncbi Acute motor conduction block neuropathy followed by axonal degeneration and poor recovery
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
    Neurology 66:287-8. 2006
  29. ncbi Dose of intravenous immunoglobulins in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
    J Peripher Nerv Syst 11:325-9. 2006
    ..These results suggest considerably lower, standardized, initiating, and maintenance doses might be effective and highlight the need for prospective dose comparative trials...
  30. ncbi Clinical heterogeneity in mild chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    Y A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
    Eur J Neurol 13:958-62. 2006
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  31. ncbi Proximal nerve conduction studies in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
    Clin Neurophysiol 117:2079-84. 2006
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  32. ncbi Demyelinating neuropathy with anti-CRMP5 antibodies predating diagnosis of breast carcinoma: favorable outcome after cancer therapy
    Shanika Samarasekera
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Muscle Nerve 43:764-6. 2011
    ..Breast cancer is exceptionally associated with anti-collapsin response mediator protein 5 (anti-CRMP5) antibody or demyelinating neuropathy. This paraneoplastic antibody is itself not associated with demyelinating neuropathy...
  33. ncbi Rapidly progressive bilateral ophthalmoplegia and enlarging sellar mass caused by amelanotic melanoma
    Saiju Jacob
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, United Kingdom
    J Neuroophthalmol 26:49-50. 2006
    ..Two cases of metastatic melanoma to the cavernous sinuses have been reported. Amelanotic melanoma has not been reported as a cause of cavernous sinus syndrome...
  34. ncbi Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease due to novel myelin protein zero mutation presenting as late-onset remitting sensory neuropathy
    Benjamin S Simpson
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 11:187-90. 2010
    ..This case suggests that this novel myelin protein zero mutation, as others reported previously, also results in a mild phenotype with late-onset neurologic symptoms and may be accompanied by remitting sensory disturbances...
  35. ncbi Vertical optokinetic nystagmus in Parkinson's disease
    Christopher M Knapp
    Ophthalmology Group, Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom
    Mov Disord 24:1533-8. 2009
    ..This asymmetry was significantly greater than that recorded in control volunteers. We postulate that this could result from an abnormal pursuit/early OKN system in PD leading to greater influence of the delayed OKN system...
  36. ncbi Hemicrania continua responsive to verapamil
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom
    Headache 45:1082-3. 2005
    ..Few treatment alternatives have been proposed in the literature. We here report a patient with HC whose initial excellent response to indomethacin faded but then responded remarkably to verapamil...
  37. ncbi Optic neuropathy associated with CANOMAD: description of 2 cases
    Lara Sanvito
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LES 4PW, UK
    Muscle Nerve 44:451-5. 2011
    ..Severe visual loss was present in 1 case. We postulate that optic nerve damage may be related to antibody reactivity against gangliosides. Our report broadens the spectrum of cranial nerve involvement in this rare entity...
  38. ncbi Chronic Inflammatory Pure Sensory Polyradiculoneuropathy: A Rare CIDP Variant With Unusual Electrophysiology
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
    J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 13:149-52. 2012
    ..These electrophysiologic features were of paramount importance in establishing diagnosis and effective therapy...
  39. ncbi Steroid-induced inflammatory neuropathy in a patient on tumor necrosis factor-? antagonist therapy
    Siew L Wong
    Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Clinic, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
    J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 12:88-90. 2010
    ..This case may raise the issue of the safety of steroids in conjunction with antitumor necrosis factor-? therapy in susceptible patients...
  40. ncbi Current proposed mechanisms of action of intravenous immunoglobulins in inflammatory neuropathies
    Saiju Jacob
    Neuromuscular Clinic, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, United Kingdom
    Curr Neuropharmacol 7:337-42. 2009
    ..This article reviews the published evidence and the principal postulated mechanisms of action of intravenous immunoglobulins with special emphasis on inflammatory neuropathies...
  41. ncbi Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in an elderly patient
    Saiju Jacob
    Department of Neurology, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
    Age Ageing 35:194-6. 2006
    ..Proper classification of this epileptic syndrome, even in the elderly, is essential in view of the response to appropriate antiepileptic therapy...
  42. ncbi Intracranial hypertension induced by rofecoxib
    Saiju Jacob
    University Hospitals of Leicester, Neurology, Leicester, UK
    Headache 45:75-6. 2005
    ..We report a case of intracranial hypertension in a 69-year-old man 3 weeks after the commencement of rofecoxib therapy with reversal of clinical findings on drug withdrawal...
  43. ncbi Acute neuropathy and erythromelalgia following topical exposure to isopropanol
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom
    Vet Hum Toxicol 46:24-5. 2004
    ..This case being, to our knowledge, the second reported, peripheral nerve toxicity appears possible in adults on prolonged topical exposure, probably in susceptible individuals...
  44. ncbi Intracranial hypertension associated with transverse myelitis
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    J Neuroophthalmol 24:344-5. 2004
  45. ncbi Neuropathy associated with lansoprazole treatment
    Yusuf A Rajabally
    Muscle Nerve 31:124-5. 2005