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March 2003, Volume 74, Issue 3

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  1. Cuba
  2. Epilepsy
  3. Parkinson’s disease
  4. Motor neurone disease
  5. Neuronline
  6. Physical signs
  7. Papers
  8. Neurological picture
  9. Neurological stamp
  10. Historical note
  11. Letters
  12. Correspondence
  13. Book reviews
  14. Proceedings
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Cuba

  • Letter from Cuba

    • A J Wills
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 285-286 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.285

Epilepsy

  • Vigabatrin, tiagabine, and visual fields

    • MC Lawden
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 286 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.286

Parkinson’s disease

  • Objective measures for the progression of Parkinson’s disease

    • B Snow
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 287-288 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.287

Motor neurone disease

  • Quality of life in motor neurone disease—towards a more practical assessment tool?

    • J D Mitchell,
    • M R O’Brien
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 287-288 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.287-a

Neuronline

Physical signs

  • Vestibular reflexes and positional manoeuvres

    • A M Bronstein
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 289-293 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.289

Papers

  • [123I]β-CIT SPECT is a useful method for monitoring dopaminergic degeneration in early stage Parkinson’s disease

    • A Winogrodzka,
    • P Bergmans,
    • J Booij,
    • E A van Royen,
    • J C Stoof,
    • E C Wolters
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 294-298 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.294

  • Discrete and dynamic scaling of the size of continuous graphic movements of parkinsonian patients and elderly controls

    • M G Longstaff,
    • P R Mahant,
    • M A Stacy,
    • A W A Van Gemmert,
    • B C Leis,
    • G E Stelmach
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 299-304 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.299

  • Neuropsychological and quality of life outcomes 12 months after unilateral thalamic stimulation for essential tremor

    • J A Fields,
    • A I Tröster,
    • S P Woods,
    • C I Higginson,
    • S B Wilkinson,
    • K E Lyons,
    • W C Koller,
    • R Pahwa
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 305-311 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.305

  • Raised plasma oxidised LDL in acute cerebral infarction

    • M Uno,
    • K T Kitazato,
    • K Nishi,
    • H Itabe,
    • S Nagahiro
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 312-316 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.312

  • Incidence, risk, and case fatality of first ever stroke in the elderly population. The Rotterdam Study

    • M Hollander,
    • P J Koudstaal,
    • M L Bots,
    • D E Grobbee,
    • A Hofman,
    • M M B Breteler
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 317-321 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.317

  • S100B as a surrogate marker for successful clot lysis in hyperacute middle cerebral artery occlusion

    • C Foerch,
    • R Du Mesnil de Rochemont,
    • O Singer,
    • T Neumann-Haefelin,
    • M Buchkremer,
    • F E Zanella,
    • H Steinmetz,
    • M Sitzer
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 322-325 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.322

  • A study of persistent post-concussion symptoms in mild head trauma using positron emission tomography

    • S H A Chen,
    • D A Kareken,
    • P S Fastenau,
    • L E Trexler,
    • G D Hutchins
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 326-332 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.326

  • Second harmonic imaging: a new ultrasound technique to assess human brain tumour perfusion

    • J U Harrer,
    • L Mayfrank,
    • M Mull,
    • C Klötzsch
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 333-342 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.333

  • A controlled study comparing visual function in patients treated with vigabatrin and tiagabine

    • G L Krauss,
    • M A Johnson,
    • S Sheth,
    • N R Miller
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 339-343 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.339

  • Hypothesis on the pathophysiology of syringomyelia based on simulation of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics

    • H S Chang,
    • H Nakagawa
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 344-347 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.344

  • Agreement among neurologists on the clinical diagnosis of dystonia at different body sites

    • G Logroscino,
    • P Livrea,
    • D Anaclerio,
    • M S Aniello,
    • G Benedetto,
    • G Cazzato,
    • L Giampietro,
    • G Manobianca,
    • M Marra,
    • D Martino,
    • P Pannarale,
    • R Pulimeno,
    • V Santamato,
    • G Defazio
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 348-350 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.348

  • Diagnostic criteria and the use of ICD-10 codes to define and classify minor head injury

    • J Bellner,
    • S-M Jensen,
    • J Lexell,
    • B Romner
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 351-352 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.351

  • Central pontine myelinolysis associated with hypokalaemia in anorexia nervosa

    • T Sugimoto,
    • T Murata,
    • M Omori,
    • Y Wada
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 353-355 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.353

  • Eyelid tremor in a patient with a unilateral paramedian thalamic lesion

    • G J Jungehülsing,
    • C J Ploner
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 356-358 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.356

  • Is neurocysticercosis a risk factor in coexistent intracranial disease? An MRI based study

    • R Azad,
    • R K Gupta,
    • S Kumar,
    • C M Pandey,
    • K N Prasad,
    • N Husain,
    • M Husain
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 359-361 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.359

  • Saitohin gene is not associated with Alzheimer’s disease

    • J R Streffer,
    • A Papassotiropoulos,
    • P Kurosinski,
    • A Signorell,
    • M A Wollmer,
    • M Tsolaki,
    • V Iakovidou,
    • F Hörndli,
    • J Bosset,
    • J Götz,
    • R M Nitsch,
    • C Hock
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 362-363 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.362

  • A case of gliosarcoma appearing as ischaemic stroke

    • S Züchner,
    • W Kawohl,
    • B Sellhaus,
    • M Mull,
    • L Mayfrank,
    • C M Kosinski
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 364-366 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.364

  • Seizures arising from the inferior parietal lobule can show ictal semiology of the second sensory seizure (SII seizure)

    • J Yamamoto,
    • A Ikeda,
    • M Matsuhashi,
    • T Satow,
    • M Takayama,
    • S Ohara,
    • R Matsumoto,
    • N Mikuni,
    • J Takahashi,
    • S Miyamoto,
    • W Taki,
    • N Hashimoto,
    • H Shibasaki
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 367-369 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.367

  • Endplate dysfunction causing respiratory failure in a patient with prior paralytic poliomyelitis

    • A Truffert,
    • P H Lalive,
    • J P Janssens,
    • M Sinnreich,
    • M R Magistris
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 370-372 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.370

  • Improvement of central motor conduction after bone marrow transplantation in adrenoleukodystrophy

    • T Hitomi,
    • T Mezaki,
    • T Tsujii,
    • M Kinoshita,
    • H Tomimoto,
    • A Ikeda,
    • S Shimohama,
    • T Okazaki,
    • T Uchiyama,
    • H Shibasaki
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 373-375 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.373

  • Decision making in humans: the effect of manipulating the central noradrenergic system

    • R E O'Carroll,
    • B P Papps
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 376-378 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.376

  • Repetitive stimulation of the long thoracic nerve in myasthenia gravis: clinical and electrophysiological correlations

    • Y L Lo,
    • T H Leoh,
    • Y F Dan,
    • Y E Tan,
    • S Nurjannah,
    • P Ratnagopal
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 379-381 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.379

  • Diffusion weighted imaging in radiation necrosis

    • V Biousse,
    • N J Newman,
    • S B Hunter,
    • P A Hudgins
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 382-384 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.382

  • Neuroleptic malignant syndrome in Kufs' disease

    • A Reif,
    • M F Schneider,
    • A Hoyer,
    • C Schneider-Gold,
    • A J Fallgatter,
    • W Roggendorf,
    • B Pfuhlmann
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 385-387 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.385

Neurological picture

  • Muscle hypertrophy in myotonia congenita

    • B Varkey,
    • L Varkey
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 338 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.338

Neurological stamp

  • Allvar Gullstrand (1862-1930)

    • L F Haas
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 343 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.343

Historical note

  • Neurofibromatosis

    • J M S Pearce
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 384 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.384

Letters

  • Acute rotatory vertigo caused by a small haemorrhage of the vestibular cortex

    • J Boiten,
    • J Wilmink,
    • H Kingma
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 388 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.388

  • Coexistent Lewy body disease in a case of “visual variant of Alzheimer’s disease”

    • D F Tang-Wai,
    • K A Josephs,
    • B F Boeve,
    • R C Petersen,
    • J E Parisi,
    • D W Dickson
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 389 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.389

  • Reversible callosal disconnection syndrome in internal hydrocephalus

    • T Nyffeler,
    • R Bühler,
    • P Höllinger,
    • C W Hess
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 389-390 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.389-a

  • Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia-tic-like syndrome associated with a pontine tumour in a one year old girl

    • J A van Vliet,
    • M D Ferrari,
    • J Haan,
    • L A E M Laan,
    • JHC Voormolen
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 391-392 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.391

  • Autoimmune myasthenia gravis after cardiac surgery

    • C Scoppetta,
    • P Onorati,
    • F Eusebi,
    • M Fini,
    • A Evoli,
    • A Vincent
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 392 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.392

  • Chiari I malformation mimicking myasthenia gravis

    • C Rodolico,
    • P Girlanda,
    • C Nicolosi,
    • G Vita,
    • M Bonsignore,
    • G Tortorella
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 393 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.393

  • Expanding cerebral cysts (lacunae): a treatable cause of progressive midbrain syndrome

    • P L Longatti,
    • A Fiorindi,
    • A Carteri,
    • F Caroli,
    • A Martinuzzi
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 393-394 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.393-a

Correspondence

  • Conflict and integration of spatial attention between disconnected hemispheres

    • I Derakhshan
    1. Commentator:
      • S Ishiai,
      • Y Koyama,
      • and T Furuya
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 395 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.395

Book reviews

  • Cerebral vasospasm: Edited by R W Seiler and H-J Steiger (Pp 269, £108.00) Published by Springer-Verlag, Wien, 2001. ISBN 3-211-83650-0

    • Kevin O’Neill
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 395-396 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.395-a

  • Contemporary approaches to the study of hysteria, clinical and theoretical perspectives: Edited by Peter W Halligan, Christopher Bass, and John C Marshall. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, £75.00, pp 346. ISBN 019263254X

    • B Toone
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 396 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.396

  • Matter of mind, a neurologist’s view of brain behaviour relationships: Edited by Kenneth Heilman (Pp 214, £29.95). Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 2002. ISBN 0-19-514490-2

    • AZJ Zeman
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 396 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.396-a

  • Cerebral vasospasm: Edited by R Loch Macdonald and B Weir (Pp 518, US$149.95). Published by Academic Press, San Diego, 2001. ISBN 0-12-464161

    • Kevin O’Neill
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 396 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.396-b

Proceedings

  • Proceedings of the Association of British Neurologists and the British Neuropsychiatry Association, Royal College of Physicians, 2–4 October 2002

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003;74:3 397-410 doi:10.1136/jnnp.74.3.397

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