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Universitetet i Oslo
Mona Skjelland er overlege og professor i nevrologi.
Articles by Mona Skjelland
Varicella-zoster virus myelitis as a cause of acute functional decline
- Anders Dyreborg,
- Tonje Hildebrandt,
- Mona Skjelland,
- Georgios Vlachos
25.09.2024:
Older patients are often admitted to hospital following a diagnosis of 'acute functional decline'. Assessment typically reveals an acute worsening of a known illness, but occasionally there are unusual causes for the functional decline. This case report relates to a patient with myelitis in the...
Cerebral venous thrombectomy
- Mirza Jusufovic,
- Øivind Gjertsen,
- Fakhira Khalid,
- Bjørn Tennøe,
- Mona Skjelland
20.10.2015:
A man in his 50s was stopped by the police because he had driven his car on the wrong side of the road. He was admitted on suspicion of stroke. He was confused on examination. Cerebral CT and CT-angiography showed open arteries on initial investigation and his condition was considered consistent...
Mechanical embolectomy in cerebral infarction
- Mirza Jusufovic,
- Terje Nome,
- Mona Skjelland,
- Eva Astrid Jacobsen
28.10.2014:
Patient 1. A man in his 70s was admitted with acute right-sided paralysis. The neurological outcome was scored on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) to 21 points (severe cerebral infarction), and intravenous thrombolytic therapy was administered. The image to the left shows...
Deep Brain Stimulation in Essential Tremor
- Mirza Jusufovic,
- Ane Eidahl Konglund,
- Mona Kristiansen Beyer,
- Espen Dietrichs,
- Mona Skjelland
30.09.2014:
A man in his 70’s had ever since his youth developed essential tremor in his hands and forearms, and after many years also head tremor like a yes movement. The condition had progressed over time. In the course of the last few years, there had been worsening with increased tremor amplitude. He had...
Ischaemic stroke with patent foramen ovale
- Mirza Jusufovic,
- Lars Thomassen,
- Mona Skjelland
28.01.2014:
Antithrombotic treatment and/or transcatheter closure may prevent recurrent cerebrovascular episodes in patients with patent (open) foramen ovale and transitory ischaemic attacks (TIA)/ embolic stroke. The Norwegian guidelines for transcatheter closure are based on systematic reviews (1), and the...