Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical sciences and Technology ...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTI wish to express my heartfelt gratitude towards my teacher, Dr AbrahamKuruvilla, Associateprofessor of Neurology, who has been my thesis guide.He has carefully guided me through out the study, without which I might nothave been able to accomplish the goal.I express my sincere gratitude to Dr. K.Radhakrishnan, Professor and Headof the department of Neurology in taking keen interest in the study.I am very grateful to Dr. Muralidharan Nair, Professor, department ofNeurology for his constant guidance.I am also thankful to staff members of the medical record department, whoprovided necessary help in data collection.I am thankful to Dr Sarma, statistician, in helping me for carrying out thestatistics part. ·Most importantly, I thank all my patients in sincerely participating in thestudy, without co-operation of whom, this study would never have beenpossible