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Neurological education

  • Is clinical neurology really so difficult?

    • F Schon,
    • P Hart,
    • C Fernandez
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 557-559 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.557

Gluten sensitivity

  • Gluten sensitivity as a neurological illness

    • M Hadjivassiliou,
    • R A Grünewald,
    • G A B Davies-Jones
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 560-563 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.560

Magnetic resonance imaging

  • “Sick” MRI syndrome

    • M J Kushner
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 564 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.564

Stroke risk

  • White matter change and stroke risk

    • P M Matthews
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 564-565 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.564-a

Dementia

  • Qualitative performance characteristics differentiate dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease

    • C Ballard,
    • J O'Brien,
    • M Tovee
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 565-566 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.565

Review

  • Benefits and risks of folic acid to the nervous system

    • E H Reynolds
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 567-571 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.567

Papers

  • Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of reversible ischaemic deficits of the brainstem

    • J J Marx,
    • A Mika-Gruettner,
    • F Thoemke,
    • S Fitzek,
    • C Fitzek,
    • G Vucurevic,
    • P P Urban,
    • P Stoeter,
    • H C Hopf
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 572-575 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.572

  • Significance of white matter high intensity lesions as a predictor of stroke from arteriolosclerosis

    • H Yamauchi,
    • H Fukuda,
    • C Oyanagi
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 576-582 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.576

  • Continuous monitoring of cerebrovascular autoregulation: a validation study

    • E W Lang,
    • H M Mehdorn,
    • N W C Dorsch,
    • M Czosnyka
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 583-586 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.583

  • Magnetic resonance brain imaging in people with dizziness: a comparison with non-dizzy people

    • N Colledge,
    • S Lewis,
    • G Mead,
    • R Sellar,
    • J Wardlaw,
    • J Wilson
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 587-589 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.587

  • Is cardiovascular disease a risk factor in the development of axonal polyneuropathy?

    • L L Teunissen,
    • H Franssen,
    • J H J Wokke,
    • Y van der Graaf,
    • W H J P Linssen,
    • J D Banga,
    • D M Laman,
    • N C Notermans
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 590-595 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.590

  • Clinimetric evaluation of a new overall disability scale in immune mediated polyneuropathies

    • I S J Merkies,
    • P I M Schmitz,
    • F G A van der Meché,
    • J P A Samijn,
    • P A van Doorn
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 596-601 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.596

  • Qualitative performance characteristics differentiate dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease

    • E K Doubleday,
    • J S Snowden,
    • A R Varma,
    • D Neary
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 602-607 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.602

  • What are the determinants of quality of life in people with cervical dystonia?

    • Y Ben-Shlomo,
    • L Camfield,
    • T Warner
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 608-614 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.608

  • Psychiatric illness and subsequent traumatic brain injury: a case control study

    • J R Fann,
    • A Leonetti,
    • K Jaffe,
    • W J Katon,
    • P Cummings,
    • R S Thompson
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 615-620 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.615

  • Quantitative analysis of the velocity related pathophysiology of spasticity and rigidity in the elbow flexors

    • H-M Lee,
    • Y-Z Huang,
    • J-J J Chen,
    • I-S Hwang
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 621-629 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.621

  • Diagnostic value of history and physical examination in patients suspected of lumbosacral nerve root compression

    • P C A J Vroomen,
    • M C T F M de Krom,
    • J T Wilmink,
    • A D M Kester,
    • J A Knottnerus
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 630-634 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.630

Historical note

  • Cheyne-Stokes respiration

    • J M S Pearce
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 595 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.595

Short reports

  • Familial adult onset of Krabbe's disease resembling hereditary spastic paraplegia with normal neuroimaging

    • N P S Bajaj,
    • A Waldman,
    • R Orrell,
    • N W Wood,
    • K P Bhatia
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 635-638 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.635

  • Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in German patients with frontotemporal degeneration

    • M Riemenschneider,
    • J Diehl,
    • U Müller,
    • H Förstl,
    • A Kurz
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 639-641 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.639

  • Serum leptin level in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension

    • Y Lampl,
    • Y Eshel,
    • A Kessler,
    • A Fux,
    • R Gilad,
    • M Boaz,
    • Z Matas,
    • M Sadeh
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 642-643 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.642

  • Immunoadsorption inferior to plasma exchange in a patient with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

    • R D M Hadden,
    • S Bensa,
    • M P T Lunn,
    • R A C Hughes
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 644-646 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.644

  • Anticardiolipin antibodies in patients with multiple sclerosis do not represent a subgroup of patients according to clinical, familial, and biological characteristics

    • O Heinzlef,
    • B Weill,
    • C Johanet,
    • V Sazdovitch,
    • S Caillat-Zucman,
    • E Tournier-Lasserve,
    • E Roullet
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 647-649 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.647

  • Human T cell leukaemia virus type I associated neuromuscular disease causing respiratory failure

    • E T Littleton,
    • W D Man,
    • J L Holton,
    • D N Landon,
    • M G Hanna,
    • M I Polkey,
    • G P Taylor
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 650-652 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.650

  • Progressive myoclonic ataxia and JC virus encephalitis in an AIDS patient

    • P Fontoura,
    • J Vale,
    • C Lima,
    • F Scaravilli,
    • J Guimarães
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 653-656 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.653

  • Transcranial Doppler sonography during head up tilt suggests preserved central sympathetic activation in familial dysautonomia

    • M J Hilz,
    • F B Axelrod,
    • U Haertl,
    • C M Brown,
    • B Stemper
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 657-660 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.657

  • Sleep symptoms and polysomnographic architecture in advanced Parkinson's disease after chronic bilateral subthalamic stimulation

    • A Iranzo,
    • F Valldeoriola,
    • J Santamaría,
    • E Tolosa,
    • J Rumià
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 661-664 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.661

  • Thixotropy of levator palpebrae as the cause of lagophthalmos after peripheral facial nerve palsy

    • M Aramideh,
    • J H T M Koelman,
    • P P Devriese,
    • J D Speelman,
    • B W Ongerboer de Visser
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 665-667 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.665

  • Post-traumatic epilepsy in children requiring inpatient rehabilitation following head injury

    • R E Appleton,
    • C Demellweek
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 669-672 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.669

Neurological stamp

  • Josef Brudzinski (1874–1917)

    • L F Haas
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 664 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.664

Neurological picture

  • Cervical subarachnoid floating cavernous malformation presenting with recurrent subarachnoid haemorrhage

    • C H Kim,
    • H J Kim
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 668 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.668

Lesson of the month

  • Simultaneous onset of haemorrhagic and ischaemic strokes in a haemodialysis patient

    • K Toyoda,
    • Y Kumai,
    • K Fujii,
    • T Ando,
    • S Ibayashi
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 673-674 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.673

Letters

  • Apolipoprotein E and neurocognitive outcome from coronary artery surgery

    • M J A Robson,
    • R P Alston,
    • P J D Andrews,
    • P R Wenham,
    • M J Souter,
    • I J Deary
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 675-676 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.675

  • Interferon β-1a treatment of corticosteroid sensitive polymyositis

    • A Dressel,
    • W Beuche
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 676 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.676

  • Japanese cases of familial hemiplegic migraine with cerebellar ataxia carrying a T666M mutation in the CACNA1A gene

    • T Takahashi,
    • S Igarashi,
    • T Kimura,
    • I Hozumi,
    • I Kawachi,
    • O Onodera,
    • H Takano,
    • M Saito,
    • S Tsuji
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 676-677 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.676-a

  • Cellular schwannoma of the posterior fossa

    • A L Green,
    • J S Yeh,
    • H L Brydon,
    • M P Carey
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 677-678 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.677

  • Multiple cerebral aneurysms and the Diamond-Blackfan syndrome

    • R A Trivedi,
    • C Watts,
    • P J Kirkpatrick,
    • J H Gillard
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 678-679 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.678

  • Plasmapheresis and Miller Fisher syndrome: analysis of 50 consecutive cases

    • M Mori,
    • S Kuwabara,
    • T Fukutake,
    • T Hattori
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 680 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.680

Correspondence

  • Apomorphine as an alternative to sildenafil in Parkinson's disease

    • J D O'Sullivan
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 681 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.681

  • Conflict of intentions or inner

    • D P Moore
    1. Commentator:
      • T Nishikawa,
      • I Mizuta,
      • M Takeda,
      • and J Okuda
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 681 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.681-a

Book reviews

  • Practical psychiatry of old age, 3rd edn: Edited by J P Wattis, S Curran (Pp 268, £24.95). Published by Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, Abingdon, 2001. ISBN 1857752457

    • Simon Lovestone
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 681-682 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.681-b

  • Brain Imaging in Schizophrenia, Insights and Applications: Edited by T Sharma, X Chitnis (Pp 74, £12.50). Remedica Publishing, London, 2000. ISBN 1901346080

    • R Alexander Bantick
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 682 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.682

  • Parkinson's Disease in the Older Patient: Edited by J R Playfer, J V Hindle (Pp 370, £55.00). Arnold, London, 2001. ISBN 0340759143

    • Jackie Morris
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 682 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.682-a

  • Brain's diseases of the nervous system, 11th edn: Edited by M Donaghy (Pp 1242, £150.00). Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. ISBN 0192626183

    • Lionel Ginsberg
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 682-683 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.682-b

  • Textbook of Clinical Neuropsychiatry: Edited by D P Moore (Pp 747, £69.50). Arnold, London, 2001. ISBN 0340806249

    • Simon Fleminger
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 683 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.683

  • Wolff's Headache and Other Head Pain, 7th edn.: Edited by S D Silberstein, R B Lipton, D J Dalessio (Pp 625, US$99.00). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. ISBN 0195135180

    • Richard Peatfield
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 683 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.683-a

  • Multiple sclerosis: tissue destruction and repair: Edited by L Kappos, K Johnson, J Kesselring, and E W Radu (Pp 350, £65.00). Published by Martin Dunitz Ltd, London, 2001. ISBN 1 85317 872 1

    • Katrina Dedman
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 683 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.683-b

  • Current management in child neurology, 2nd edn: Edited by Bernard L Maria (Pp 562, US$74.95). Published by BC Decker Inc, Hamilton, 2002. ISBN 155009162X

    • Richard O Robinson
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 683-684 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.683-c

Correction

  • Corrections

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:5 684 doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.684

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