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December 2007, Volume 78, Issue 12

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  1. Stroke
  2. Carotid stenosis
    1. Editorial commentary
  4. Review
  5. Papers
  6. Neurological pictures
  7. Historical note
  8. Short reports
  9. Letters
  10. Book review
  11. Corrections
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Stroke

  • Stroke in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

    • Myles Connor
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1291 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.122416

Carotid stenosis

Editorial commentary

  • Identification of “high risk” asymptomatic carotid stenosis: we need to get a better yield from invasive treatments

    • Stefano Ricci
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1292 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.125880

Review

  • Clinical diagnosis and misdiagnosis of sleep disorders

    • G Stores
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1293-1297 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.111179

Papers

  • Measuring cognitive change in older adults: reliable change indices for the Mini-Mental State Examination

    • A Hensel,
    • M C Angermeyer,
    • S G Riedel-Heller
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1298-1303 Published Online First: 18 April 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.109074

  • Estimated life expectancy of Parkinson’s patients compared with the UK population

    • Lianna S Ishihara,
    • Anne Cheesbrough,
    • Carol Brayne,
    • Anette Schrag
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1304-1309 Published Online First: 30 March 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.100107

  • Hyperacusis in patients with complex regional pain syndrome related dystonia

    • M J M de Klaver,
    • M A van Rijn,
    • J Marinus,
    • W Soede,
    • J A P M de Laat,
    • J J van Hilten
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1310-1313 Published Online First: 30 April 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.111609

  • Effect of electrode contact location on clinical efficacy of pallidal deep brain stimulation in primary generalised dystonia

    • S Tisch,
    • L Zrinzo,
    • P Limousin,
    • K P Bhatia,
    • N Quinn,
    • K Ashkan,
    • M Hariz
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1314-1319 Published Online First: 18 April 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.109694

  • Stroke in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

    • Brent Tipping,
    • Linda de Villiers,
    • Helen Wainwright,
    • Sally Candy,
    • Alan Bryer
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1320-1324 Published Online First: 30 April 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.116103

  • Differential impact of cerebral white matter changes, diabetes, hypertension and stroke on cognitive performance among non-disabled elderly. The LADIS study

    • Ana Verdelho,
    • Sofia Madureira,
    • José M Ferro,
    • Anna-Maria Basile,
    • Hugues Chabriat,
    • Timo Erkinjuntti,
    • Franz Fazekas,
    • Michael Hennerici,
    • John O’Brien,
    • Leonardo Pantoni,
    • Emilia Salvadori,
    • Philip Scheltens,
    • Marieke C Visser,
    • Lars-Olof Wahlund,
    • Gunhild Waldemar,
    • Anders Wallin,
    • Domenico Inzitari,
    • on behalf of the LADIS Study
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1325-1330 Published Online First: 30 April 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.110361

  • Anthropometric approximation of body weight in unresponsive stroke patients

    • M W Lorenz,
    • M Graf,
    • C Henke,
    • M Hermans,
    • U Ziemann,
    • M Sitzer,
    • C Foerch
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1331-1336 Published Online First: 10 May 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.117150

  • Comparison of the inflammatory burden of truly asymptomatic carotid atheroma with atherosclerotic plaques contralateral to symptomatic carotid stenosis: an ultra small superparamagnetic iron oxide enhanced magnetic resonance study

    • Tjun Y Tang,
    • Simon P S Howarth,
    • Sam R Miller,
    • Martin J Graves,
    • Jean-Marie U-King-Im,
    • Rikin A Trivedi,
    • Zhi Yong Li,
    • Stewart R Walsh,
    • Andrew P Brown,
    • Peter J Kirkpatrick,
    • Michael E Gaunt,
    • Jonathan H Gillard
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1337-1343 Published Online First: 19 June 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.118901

  • Chiari malformation and sleep related breathing disorders

    • Y Dauvilliers,
    • V Stal,
    • B Abril,
    • P Coubes,
    • S Bobin,
    • J Touchon,
    • P Escourrou,
    • F Parker,
    • P Bourgin
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1344-1348 Published Online First: 30 March 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.108779

  • Idiopathic chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: an epidemiological study in Italy

    • A Chiò,
    • D Cocito,
    • E Bottacchi,
    • C Buffa,
    • M Leone,
    • F Plano,
    • R Mutani,
    • A Calvo,
    • the PARCIDP
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1349-1353 Published Online First: 10 May 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.114868

  • Chronic cluster headache: a French clinical descriptive study

    • A Donnet,
    • M Lanteri-Minet,
    • E Guegan-Massardier,
    • G Mick,
    • N Fabre,
    • G Géraud,
    • C Lucas,
    • M Navez,
    • D Valade,
    • on behalf of the Société Française d’Etude des Migraines et Céphalées (SFEMC)
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1354-1358 Published Online First: 18 April 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.112037

  • A history of loss of consciousness or post-traumatic amnesia in minor head injury: “conditio sine qua non” or one of the risk factors?

    • M Smits,
    • M G M Hunink,
    • P J Nederkoorn,
    • H M Dekker,
    • P E Vos,
    • D R Kool,
    • P A M Hofman,
    • A Twijnstra,
    • G G de Haan,
    • H L J Tanghe,
    • D W J Dippel
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1359-1364 Published Online First: 30 April 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.117143

  • Incidence of subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review with emphasis on region, age, gender and time trends

    • N K de Rooij,
    • F H H Linn,
    • J A van der Plas,
    • A Algra,
    • G J E Rinkel
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1365-1372 Published Online First: 30 April 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.117655

Neurological pictures

  • Dorsal intramedullary tuberculoma

    • Mohammad Tahir,
    • Chandan Jyoti Das,
    • Faiz U Ahmad,
    • Hafeez Ahmad
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1353 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.116012

  • Glossoplegia in a small cortical infarction

    • Sung-Sang Yoon,
    • Key-Chung Park
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1372 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.116376

Historical note

  • Memory after Charcot: Paul Sollier’s visionary work

    • Julien Bogousslavsky
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1373-1374 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.124107

Short reports

  • Patterns of MRI atrophy in tau positive and ubiquitin positive frontotemporal lobar degeneration

    • E J Kim,
    • G D Rabinovici,
    • W W Seeley,
    • C Halabi,
    • H Shu,
    • M W Weiner,
    • S J DeArmond,
    • J Q Trojanowski,
    • M L Gorno-Tempini,
    • B L Miller,
    • H J Rosen
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1375-1378 Published Online First: 5 July 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.114231

  • A novel phenotype of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

    • G Giaccone,
    • G Di Fede,
    • M Mangieri,
    • L Limido,
    • R Capobianco,
    • S Suardi,
    • M Grisoli,
    • S Binelli,
    • P Fociani,
    • O Bugiani,
    • F Tagliavini
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1379-1382 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.115444

  • Case control study of diffusion tensor imaging in Parkinson’s disease

    • L-L Chan,
    • H Rumpel,
    • K Yap,
    • E Lee,
    • H-V Loo,
    • G-L Ho,
    • S Fook-Chong,
    • Y Yuen,
    • E-K Tan
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1383-1386 Published Online First: 5 July 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.121525

  • Relation between cognitive dysfunction and reduced vital capacity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    • S-M Kim,
    • K-M Lee,
    • Y-H Hong,
    • K S Park,
    • J-H Yang,
    • H-W Nam,
    • J-J Sung,
    • K-W Lee
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1387-1389 Published Online First: 8 June 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.111195

  • External validation of a six simple variable model of stroke outcome and verification in hyper-acute stroke

    • J M Reid,
    • G J Gubitz,
    • D Dai,
    • Y Reidy,
    • C Christian,
    • C Counsell,
    • M Dennis,
    • S J Phillips
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1390-1391 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.118802

  • Recurrent lacunar infarction following a previous lacunar stroke: a clinical study of 122 patients

    • A Arboix,
    • A Font,
    • C Garro,
    • L García-Eroles,
    • E Comes,
    • J Massons
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1392-1394 Published Online First: 5 July 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.119776

  • Sudden death in epilepsy recorded in ambulatory EEG

    • B N McLean,
    • S Wimalaratna
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1395-1397 Published Online First: 27 March 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.088492

  • Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with spasmodic dysphonia: a controlled study

    • H Gündel,
    • R Busch,
    • A Ceballos-Baumann,
    • E Seifert
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1398-1400 Published Online First: 5 July 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.121699

  • Distal lenticulostriate artery aneurysm in deep intracerebral haemorrhage

    • J Y Ahn,
    • J H Cho,
    • J W Lee
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1401-1403 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.120204

  • Cervical cord compression from plexiform neurofibromas in neurofibromatosis 1

    • J R Leonard,
    • R E Ferner,
    • N Thomas,
    • D H Gutmann
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1404-1406 Published Online First: 17 July 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.121509

Letters

  • Psychological adjustment to locked-in syndrome

    • M Sledz,
    • M Oddy,
    • J G Beaumont
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1407-1408 Published Online First: 6 August 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.113225

  • A case of posterior interosseous nerve palsy: good recovery despite diagnostic delay

    • P Werner,
    • M Furtner,
    • W N Löscher,
    • T Gotwald,
    • H Piza-Katzer
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1408-1409 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.126896

  • Retrobulbar optic neuritis: a complication of Lyme disease?

    • E Krim,
    • D Guehl,
    • P Burbaud,
    • A Lagueny
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1409-1410 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.113761

  • Tacrolimus induced leukoencephalopathy presenting with status epilepticus and prolonged coma

    • Mithri R Junna,
    • Alejandro A Rabinstein
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1410-1411 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.121806

  • De novo seven extra repeat expanded mutation in the PRNP gene in an Italian patient with early onset dementia

    • M Cannella,
    • T Martino,
    • M Simonelli,
    • A Ciammola,
    • R Gradini,
    • A Ciarmiello,
    • F Gianfrancesco,
    • F Squitieri
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1411-1413 Published Online First: 6 August 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.121137

  • Attenuation of Kernig’s sign by concomitant hemiparesis: forgotten aspects of a well known clinical test

    • M Krasnianski,
    • P Tacik,
    • T Müller,
    • S Zierz
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1413-1414 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.127837

  • Ataxic variant of Alzheimer’s disease caused by Pro117Ala PSEN1 mutation

    • M Anheim,
    • D Hannequin,
    • C Boulay,
    • C Martin,
    • D Campion,
    • C Tranchant
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1414-1415 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.123026

  • Patients characteristics with cholinesterase inhibitor resistant hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies

    • Florence Lebert,
    • Florence Pasquier
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1415-1416 Published Online First: 10 September 2007 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.119446

Book review

  • Paediatric neurology: principles and practice, 4th edition

    • LJ Carr
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1416 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.125773

Corrections

  • Corrections

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1416 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.102731corr1

  • Corrections

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1416 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.052654corr1

  • Corrections

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:12 1416 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.103739corr1

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