User profiles for "author:D Kidd"

Desmond Kidd

- Verified email at ucl.ac.uk - Cited by 8427

Darren Kidd

- Verified email at nre.tas.gov.au - Cited by 912

Spinal cord stimulation for chronic, intractable pain: experience over two decades

RB North, DH Kidd, M Zahurak, CS James… - Neurosurgery, 1993 - journals.lww.com
Abstract OVER THE PAST two decades, spinal cord stimulation devices and techniques
have evolved from single-channel systems, with electrodes requiring laminectomy, into …

Neuro-Behçet's disease: epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and management

A Al-Araji, DP Kidd - The Lancet Neurology, 2009 - thelancet.com
Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem relapsing inflammatory disorder of unknown cause.
In neuro-BD (NBD), the CNS can be involved in one or both of two ways: first, and most …

Digital mapping of peatlands–A critical review

…, F de Vries, A Gimona, B Kempen, D Kidd… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Peatlands offer a series of ecosystem services including carbon storage, biomass
production, and climate regulation. Climate change and rapid land use change are …

Reading literary fiction improves theory of mind

DC Kidd, E Castano - Science, 2013 - science.org
Understanding others' mental states is a crucial skill that enables the complex social
relationships that characterize human societies. Yet little research has investigated what …

Prostate cancer detection in a clinical urological practice by ultrasonography, digital rectal examination and prostate specific antigen

WH Cooner, BR Mosley, CL Rutherford Jr, JH Beard… - The Journal of …, 1990 - Elsevier
The prostate cancer detection rate from screening by digital rectal examination and tactilely
guided prostate biopsy is approximately 1.7%. Among 1,807 men a detection rate of 14.6 …

Cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis

D Kidd, F Barkhof, R McConnell, PR Algra, IV Allen… - Brain, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Although previous studies have shown that the lesions of multiple sclerosis may involve the
cerebral cortex, there is little published research on the prevalence and distribution of such …

The Functional Independence Measure: a comparative validity and reliability study

D Kidd, G Stewart, J Baldry, J Johnson… - Disability and …, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
The majority of measurement scales used to evaluate outcome in rehabilitation are ordinal
in nature and consequently statistically valid assessments of change are difficult to make …

Spinal cord stimulation versus repeated lumbosacral spine surgery for chronic pain: a randomized, controlled trial

RB North, DH Kidd, F Farrokhi, SA Piantadosi - Neurosurgery, 2005 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Persistent or recurrent radicular pain after lumbosacral spine surgery is often
associated with nerve root compression and is treated by repeated operation or, as a last …

Spinal cord MRI using multi‐array coils and fast spin echo: II. Findings in multiple sclerosis

D Kidd, JW Thorpe, AJ Thompson, BE Kendall… - Neurology, 1993 - AAN Enterprises
We performed MRI of brain and spinal cord on 80 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Using multi-array coils and fast spin echo, 139 intrinsic lesions were identified in 59 patients …

The Alzheimer's Association external quality control program for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers

…, SA Kaeser, E Kaiser, E Kapaki, D Kidd… - Alzheimer's & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers amyloid β (Aβ)‐42, total‐tau (T‐tau),
and phosphorylated‐tau (P‐tau) demonstrate good diagnostic accuracy for Alzheimer's …