P. Castaigne

TL;DR: The clinical and neuropathological findings in 28 cases of paramedian thalamic and midbrain infarcts are reported and marked disturbances of consciousness and behavior associated with ocular motility changes are observed.

TL;DR: Multiple vitamin therapy should be given in the treatment of undiagnosed encephalopathies in alcoholic patients and the relationship between pellagra occurring during thiamine and pyridoxine therapy and 'nicotinic acid deficiency' is discussed.

TL;DR: A pure amnesic syndrome of 21 months' duration occurred in a 36‐year‐old man following a transient confusional state and bilateral and symmetrical neuronal loss, without inflammatory changes, was restricted to the hippocampus and amygdaloid bodies.