M. L. Espir

Is there a place for placebo controlled trials of antiepileptic drugs?

Shorvon, S D, Espir, M L, Steiner, T J, Dellaportas, C I, Rose, F C

In many patients who develop epilepsy the disease is short lived and the overall number of seizures small. The role of anticonvulsant drugs in such patients is uncertain. If treatment is merely...

Is there a place for placebo controlled trials of antiepileptic drugs?

Shorvon, S D, Espir, M L, Steiner, T J, Dellaportas, C I, Rose, F C

In many patients who develop epilepsy the disease is short lived and the overall number of seizures small. The role of anticonvulsant drugs in such patients is uncertain. If treatment is merely...

Paroxysmal symptoms as the first manifestations of multiple sclerosis.

Twomey, J A, Espir, M L

Paroxysmal symptoms are described in 14 patients with undoubted or suspected multiple sclerosis (MS). In seven of the patients the paroxysms were the first symptom of the disease, although only one...

Remittent painful ophthalmoplegia: the Tolosa-Hunt syndrome? A report of seven cases and review of the literature.

Dornan, T L, Espir, M L, Gale, E A, Tattersall, R B, Worthington, B S

Seven patients with remittent painful ophthalmoplegia for which no specific local cause was found were seen during a period of five years. One had coincidental rheumatoid arthritis, and another had...

Headaches in civil servants: effect on work and leisure.

Espir, M L, Thomason, J, Blau, J N, Kurtz, Z

Headaches in a group of civil servants and their effects on work and leisure activities, the medication taken, and numbers consulting their general practitioners during a year were assessed by a self...

Long-term treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with carbamazepine.

Taylor, J. C., Brauer, S., Espir, M. L.

The results of treating 143 patients with trigeminal neuralgia with carbamazepine (CBZ) over a 16-year period have been reviewed. The drug was effective initially with few mild side effects in 99...