Introduction
Protecting brain health
The Department of Neurology at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital is further divided into 8 subdivisions - Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Clinic, Stroke Clinic, Headache Clinic, Sleep Clinic, Epilepsy Clinic, Neuromuscular Disease Clinic, Parkinson’s Disease Clinic, and Botox Clinic - for professional medical staff to be able to prevent, diagnose, examine, and treat neurologic disorders.
Diseases diagnosed and treated at Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Clinic
1. Dementia caused by degenerative brain disease: Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, etc.
2. Vascular cognitive impairment: dementia caused by cerebrovascular disorder and brain injury
3. Other high-risk dementia groups: mild cognitive impairment, subjective cognitive decline, etc.
Diseases prevented, diagnosed, and treated at Stroke Clinic
1. Transient ischemia, stroke, vascular cognitive impairment
2. Carotid artery stenosis
3. Intracranial cerebrovascular stenosis
4. Cardiac stroke
5. Lacunar stroke and microvascular diseases
Diseases prevented, diagnosed, and treated at Headache Clinic
1. Migraine, deformed migraine
2. Chronic routine headache
3. Tension headache
4. Cluster headache, trigeminal autonomic headache
5. Trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, shingles, postherpetic neuralgia, atypical facial pain
Diseases prevented, diagnosed, and treated at Sleep Clinic
1. Snoring, sleep apnea
2. Insomnia, circadian rhythm disorder
3. Hypersomnia, narcolepsy
4. Restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movement of sleep
5. Abnormal behavior during sleep, parasomnia
Diseases prevented, diagnosed, and treated at Epilepsy Clinic
1. Epilepsy, convulsive disorders
2. Syncope, sudden loss of consciousness
Diseases prevented, diagnosed, and treated at Neuromuscular Disease Clinic
We are making utmost efforts for accurate diagnosis and treatment of diverse diseases ranging from the peripheral nervous system to the central nervous system including peripheral neuropathy, myopathy, myasthenia gravis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optical and autonomic dysfunction.
Diseases diagnosed and treated at Parkinson’s Disease Clinic
1. Parkinsonism including Parkinson’s disease
2. Hand tremor and trembles
3. Gait disorder
4. Dystonia
5. Myoclonus
6. Restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movement of sleep
7. Other dyskinesia symptoms
Related Center
Cardio-Cerebrovascular Center
For patients with cardio-cerebrovascular diseases, we provide treatment experience that satisfy the patients on account of close cooperation between professional medical teams whose top priority is patient's safety.
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