| Division
of Neurology |
| |
| Head
of Division: Professor Lawrence KS
Wong |
| |
| Members: |
| Prof.
Richard LC Kay, Dr. Andrew CF Hui,
Dr. Vincent Mok |
| |
| Trainee: |
| Dr.
Thomas Leung, Dr. Eric Liang |
| |
| Research
Nurse & Assistants |
| Ms. Roxanna
KC Liu, Ms. Po Yee Tong, Mr. Adrian Wong, Ms. Ida Wong |
| |
|
Graduate Students |
| Ms. Xiangyan
Chen |
| |
| Research
Interests |
| 1. |
Stroke and intracranial
stensois |
| 2. |
Transcranial Doppler
and cerebral microembolism |
| 3. |
Parkinson's disease |
| 4. |
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
| 5. |
Vascular cognitive
impairment and dementia |
| |
| Selected
Publications |
| 1. |
Kay R,
Wong KS, Yu YL, et al "Low-molecular-weight heparin for the treatment
of acute ischemic stroke." N Engl J Med 1995;333:1588-93. |
| 2. |
Wong
KS, Huang YN, Gao S, Lam WWM, Chan YL, Kay R. "Intracranial stenosis in
Chinese patients with acute stroke." Neurology 1998;50:812-813. |
| 3. |
Wong KS, for the
Asian Acute Stroke Advisory Panel. Risk factors for early death in acute
ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage: a prospective hospital-based
study in Asia. Stroke 1999;30:2326-2330. |
| 4. |
Hui
ACF, Wong SM, Wong KS, Li E, Kay R, Yung P, Hung LK, Yu LM. Oral steroid
in the treatment of carpal tunnel sydrome.: Ann Rheum Dis 2001;60:813-814. |
| 5. |
Wong KS, Li H,
Chan YL, Ahuja A, Lam WWM, Wong A, Kay R. "Use of transcranial Doppler
Ultrasound to predict outcome in patients with intracranial large artery
occlusive disease." Stroke 2000;31:2641-2647. |
| 6. |
Hui
AC, Tang A, Wong KS, Mok V, Kay R. "Recurrence after a first untreated
seizure in the Hong KOng Chinese population." Epilepsia 2001;42:94-97. |
| 7. |
Wong SM, Griffith
JF, Hui AC, Tang A, Wong KS. Discriminatory sonographic criteria for the
diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. Arthritis Rheum. 2002;46:1914-21 |
| 8. |
Wong
KS, Gao S, Chan YL, Hansberg T, Lam WW, Droste DW, Kay R, Ringelstein
EB. Mechanisms of acute cerebral infarctions in patients with middle cerebral
artery stenosis: a diffusion-weighted imaging and microemboli monitoring
study. Ann Neurol 2002;52:74-81. |
| 9. |
Fan YJ, Zhang L,
Lam WWM, Mok VC, Wong KS*. Cerebral microbleeds as a risk factor for subsequent
intracerebral hemorrhages among patients with acute ischemic stroke. Stroke
(in press) |
| 10. |
Mok
VCT, Fan YH, Lam WWM, Hui ACF, Wong KS. Small subcortical infarcts and
intracranial large artery disease in Chinese. J Neurol Sci (in press) |
