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Raeburn Forbes

Consultant Neurologist
Verified email at southerntrust.hscni.net
Cited by 2161

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic lumbar puncture

CM Doherty, RB Forbes - The Ulster medical journal, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture is one of the most commonly performed invasive tests in clinical
medicine. Evaluation of an acute headache and investigation of inflammatory or infectious …

The epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS/MND) in people aged 80 or over

RB Forbes, S Colville, RJ Swingler - Age and ageing, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Objective: to describe the clinical features, incidence, survival and process of care of people
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Motor Neurone Disease aged 80 years or more at …

The incidence of motor nueron disease in Scotland

RB Forbes, S Colville, J Parratt, RJ Swingler - Journal of neurology, 2007 - Springer
Between 1989 and 1998, 1226 cases of ALS/MND were identified in Scotland, with mean age
of onset 65.2 (SD 11.9) years for men and 67.2 (SD 11.0) for women. Annual standardized …

Frequency, timing and outcome of gastrostomy tubes for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neurone disease: a record linkage study from the Scottish Motor Neurone …

RB Forbes, S Colville, RJ Swingler… - Journal of …, 2004 - Springer
Aims: To describe the frequency, timing and outcome from gastrostomy in amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis/motor neurone disease (ALS/MND). Methods: The Scottish MND Register, a …

Efficacy and contextual (placebo) effects of CGRP antibodies for migraine: systematic review and meta‐analysis

RB Forbes, M McCarron… - Headache: The Journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Forbes has received sponsorship for attending scientific conferences and clinical meetings
from Allergan Inc., Jannsen-Cilag, Cyberonics Inc., Pfizer, and Novartis. He has received …

[PDF][PDF] Bi-allelic JAM2 variants lead to early-onset recessive primary familial brain calcification

…, S Efthymiou, A Athanasiou-Fragkouli, R Forbes… - The American Journal of …, 2020 - cell.com
Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized
by a combination of neurological, psychiatric, and cognitive decline associated with …

Population based cost utility study of interferon beta-1b in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis

RB Forbes, A Lees, N Waugh, RJ Swingler - Bmj, 1999 - bmj.com
Objective: To evaluate the cost utility of interferon beta-1b in secondary progressive multiple
sclerosis. Design: Population based cost utility model (healthcare perspective). Data on use …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of causes of sudden and severe headache (Thunderclap Headache): should lists be evidence based?

E Devenney, H Neale, RB Forbes - The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2014 - Springer
Background There are many potential causes of sudden and severe headache (thunderclap
headache), the most important of which is aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. …

Methotrexate for multiple sclerosis

…, GV McDonnell, RB Forbes - Cochrane Database of …, 2004 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Methotrexate is a potent immunosuppressant which in theory could reduce
relapse rates and delay disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS). Subsequently, clinical …

An exploration of ocular fixation in Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy

RA Pinnock, RC McGivern, R Forbes, JM Gibson - Journal of neurology, 2010 - Springer
Since the basal ganglia are thought to have a role in controlling ocular fixation it is expected
that patients with parkinsonian conditions would show impaired performance in fixation tasks…