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December 2008, Volume 79, Issue 12

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  1. Editorial commentary
  2. Review
  3. Research papers
  4. Neurological pictures
  5. Short reports
  6. Case report
  7. Letters
  8. Correction
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Editorial commentary

  • Nerve biopsy without muscle sampling: is it enough for diagnosing vasculitis?

    • Laurent Magy,
    • Jean-Michel Vallat
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1307 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.160879

Review

  • Pregnancy and multiple sclerosis

    • M Lee,
    • P O’Brien
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1308-1311 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.116947

Research papers

  • Longitudinal multimodal imaging in mild to moderate Alzheimer disease: a pilot study with memantine

    • R Schmidt,
    • S Ropele,
    • B Pendl,
    • P Ofner,
    • C Enzinger,
    • H Schmidt,
    • A Berghold,
    • M Windisch,
    • H Kolassa,
    • F Fazekas
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1312-1317 Published Online First: 27 June 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.141648
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  • Poor attentional function predicts cognitive decline in patients with non-demented Parkinson’s disease independent of motor phenotype

    • J-P Taylor,
    • E N Rowan,
    • D Lett,
    • J T O’Brien,
    • I G McKeith,
    • D J Burn
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1318-1323 Published Online First: 27 June 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.147629

  • Positional nystagmus in patients with chronic dizziness

    • K Johkura,
    • T Momoo,
    • Y Kuroiwa
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1324-1326 Published Online First: 11 June 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.147801

  • Novel TOR1A mutation p.Arg288Gln in early-onset dystonia (DYT1)

    • B Zirn,
    • K Grundmann,
    • P Huppke,
    • J Puthenparampil,
    • H Wolburg,
    • O Riess,
    • U Müller
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1327-1330 Published Online First: 13 May 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.148270

  • Amyloid load in Parkinson’s disease dementia and Lewy body dementia measured with [11C]PIB positron emission tomography

    • P Edison,
    • C C Rowe,
    • J O Rinne,
    • S Ng,
    • I Ahmed,
    • N Kemppainen,
    • V L Villemagne,
    • G O’Keefe,
    • K Någren,
    • K R Chaudhury,
    • C L Masters,
    • D J Brooks
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1331-1338 Published Online First: 24 July 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.127878

  • Predictive value of the Essen Stroke Risk Score and Ankle Brachial Index in acute ischaemic stroke patients from 85 German stroke units

    • C Weimar,
    • M Goertler,
    • J Röther,
    • E B Ringelstein,
    • H Darius,
    • D G Nabavi,
    • In-Ha Kim,
    • Jens Benemann,
    • Hans-Christoph Diener
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1339-1343 Published Online First: 27 June 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.146092
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  • Ischaemic stroke subtypes and associated risk factors: a French population based study

    • Y Bejot,
    • M Caillier,
    • D Ben Salem,
    • G Couvreur,
    • O Rouaud,
    • G-V Osseby,
    • J Durier,
    • C Marie,
    • T Moreau,
    • M Giroud
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1344-1348 Published Online First: 27 June 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.150318

  • Serum homocysteine levels in relation to clinical progression in multiple sclerosis

    • C E Teunissen,
    • J Killestein,
    • J J Kragt,
    • C H Polman,
    • C D Dijkstra,
    • H J Blom
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1349-1353 Published Online First: 1 August 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.151555

  • Manipulation of skin temperature improves nocturnal sleep in narcolepsy

    • R Fronczek,
    • R J E M Raymann,
    • S Overeem,
    • N Romeijn,
    • J G van Dijk,
    • G J Lammers,
    • E J W Van Someren
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1354-1357 Published Online First: 24 July 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.143610

  • Carbohydrate- and protein-rich diets in McArdle disease: effects on exercise capacity

    • S T Andersen,
    • J Vissing
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1359-1363 doi:10.1136/adc.2008.146548

  • The clinical, electrophysiological and prognostic heterogeneity of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow

    • H H A M Dunselman,
    • L H Visser
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1364-1367 Published Online First: 11 June 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.145110

  • Relapses in multiple sclerosis are age- and time-dependent

    • H Tremlett,
    • Y Zhao,
    • J Joseph,
    • V Devonshire,
    • the UBCMS Clinic Neurologists*
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1368-1374 Published Online First: 5 June 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.145805

  • The use of nerve and muscle biopsy in the diagnosis of vasculitis: a 5 year retrospective study

    • D L H Bennett,
    • M Groves,
    • J Blake,
    • J L Holton,
    • R H M King,
    • R W Orrell,
    • L Ginsberg,
    • M M Reilly
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1376-1381 Published Online First: 26 September 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.151126
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  • High mean fasting glucose levels independently predict poor outcome and delayed cerebral ischaemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

    • N D Kruyt,
    • Y W B M Roos,
    • S M Dorhout Mees,
    • W M van den Bergh,
    • A Algra,
    • G J E Rinkel,
    • G J Biessels
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1382-1385 Published Online First: 10 April 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.142034

Neurological pictures

  • Massive fatal cerebral air embolism as a negative contrast angiogram

    • C S Andrade,
    • L T Lucato,
    • C da Costa Leite
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1357-1358 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.145938

  • Diffusion tractography of axonal degeneration following shear injury

    • M M Gold,
    • M L Lipton
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1374-1375 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.148759

Short reports

  • Temporal trends in the long term risk of progression of mild cognitive impairment: a pooled analysis

    • A J Mitchell,
    • M Shiri-Feshki
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1386-1391 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.142679

  • Brachial amyotrophic diplegia (segmental proximal spinal muscular atrophy) associated with HIV infection

    • F Henning,
    • R H Hewlett
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1392-1394 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.147272

  • A novel insertional mutation in the prion protein gene: clinical and bio-molecular findings

    • C Mauro,
    • G Giaccone,
    • G Piscosquito,
    • A Lavorgna,
    • M Nigro,
    • G Di Fede,
    • A Leonardi,
    • C Coppola,
    • S Formisano,
    • F Tagliavini,
    • R Cotrufo,
    • G Puoti
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1395-1398 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.142976

  • Pathological description of a non-motor variant of multiple system atrophy

    • C Gaig,
    • A Iranzo,
    • E Tolosa,
    • I Vilaseca,
    • M J Rey,
    • J Santamaria
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1399-1400 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.145276

  • Motor neglect associated with loss of action inhibition

    • E Coulthard,
    • A Rudd,
    • M Husain
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1401-1404 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.140715
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  • Recurrent trigeminal neuralgia: long term outcome of repeat gamma knife radiosurgery

    • V Gellner,
    • S Kurschel,
    • W Kreil,
    • E M Holl,
    • P Ofner-Kopeinig,
    • F Unger
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1405-1407 Published Online First: 17 April 2008 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.142794

Case report

  • Improvement of paraplegia caused by spinal dural arteriovenous fistula by surgical obliteration more than 6 years after symptom onset

    • O Kaut,
    • H Urbach,
    • T Klockgether
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1408-1409 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.145664

Letters

  • Intractable facial pain in advanced Parkinson’s disease alleviated by subthalamic nucleus stimulation

    • K Samura,
    • Y Miyagi,
    • T Morioka,
    • N Murakami,
    • F Yoshida,
    • K Hashiguchi,
    • N Sakae,
    • R Yamasaki,
    • M Kawaguchi,
    • S Nagata,
    • T Sasaki
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1410-1411 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.149831

  • Hypokinetic dysarthria and palilalia in midbrain infarction

    • M Kwon,
    • J-H Lee,
    • J Kim,
    • J S Kim
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1411-1412 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.151530

  • Abnormal transcranial magnetic stimulation in a patient with presumed psychogenic paralysis

    • R Geraldes,
    • M Coelho,
    • M M Rosa,
    • L Severino,
    • J Castro,
    • M de Carvalho
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1412-1413 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.154583

  • Impact of standard of care for psychosis in Parkinson disease

    • T R Thomsen,
    • M Panisset,
    • O Suchowersky,
    • A Goodridge,
    • T Mendis,
    • A E Lang
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1413-1415 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.153163

  • REM sleep behaviour disorder in Hong Kong Chinese: clinical outcome and gender comparison

    • Y K Wing,
    • S P Lam,
    • S X Li,
    • M W M Yu,
    • S Y Y Fong,
    • J M Y Tsoh,
    • C K W Ho,
    • V K H Lam
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1415-1416 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2008.155374

Correction

  • Correction

    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008;79:12 1416 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2005.082982corr1

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