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====== 1985 ======

[[1984]]-[[1986]]

[[Intrathecal baclofen]] was first introduced in [[1985]] to manage childhood [[hypertonia]]. 
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[[Cerebellar mutism]] (CM) was first described by Rekate et al. in [[1985]] following [[posterior fossa surgery]] in children
((Rekate HL, Grubb RL, Aram DM, Hahn JF, Ratcheson RA. Muteness of cerebellar origin. Arch Neurol. 1985;42:697–8. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1985.04060070091023.)).
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The syndrome of increased intracranial pressure without hydrocephalus or mass lesion and with normal CSF composition is a diagnosis of exclusion termed [[idiopathic intracranial hypertension]] (IIH). Diagnostic criteria of this disorder have not been updated since the Modified Dandy Criteria were articulated in [[1985]].
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In [[1985]] Van Gijn and co-workers were the first to describe a particular subgroup of patients who presented with an acute [[subarachnoid hemorrhage]] with the clot seen on computed tomography (CT) confined to the [[perimesencephalic cistern]]s and adjacent [[subarachnoid space]]s.

All of the 13 patients in this series had negative cerebral [[angiogram]]s and followed a benign clinical course with excellent [[outcome]]
((van Gijn J, van Dongen KJ, Vermeulen M, Hijdra A. Perimesencephalic hemorrhage: a nonaneurysmal and benign form of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurology. 1985 Apr;35(4):493-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.35.4.493. PMID: 3982634.))
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The [[House-Brackmann score]] carries the name of the Dr John W. House and Dr Derald E. Brackmann, otolaryngologists in [[Los Angeles]], California, who first described the system in [[1985]]
((House JW, Brackmann DE. Facial nerve grading system. Otolaryngol
Head Neck Surg 1985;93(02):146–147)).
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In [[1985]], [[Takeshi Kawase]] published an anterior [[petrosal approach]] to expose the [[posterior cranial fossa]] and to minimize retraction of the [[temporal lobe]].