THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

Highlights of the March 17 issue
Neurology 2009 72: 949. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Michael Pourfar and Andrew Feigin

The numb and the restless: Peripheral neuropathy and RLS
Neurology 2009 72: 950-951. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tanuja Chitnis and Istvan Pirko

Sensitivity vs specificity: Progress and pitfalls in defining MRI criteria for pediatric MS
Neurology 2009 72: 952-953. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IN MEMORIAM:

Robert W. Hamill and John F. Kurtzke

George A. Schumacher, MD, FAAN (1912–2008)
Neurology 2009 72: 954. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS AND REVIEWS:

Heinz Wiendl and Reinhard Hohlfeld

Multiple sclerosis therapeutics: Unexpected outcomes clouding undisputed successes
Neurology 2009 72: 1008-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

ARTICLES:

Erin Hattan, Colin Chalk, and Ronald B. Postuma

Is there a higher risk of restless legs syndrome in peripheral neuropathy?
Neurology 2009 72: 955-960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] [Podcast] [Italian Translation]  

D.J.A. Callen, M. M. Shroff, H. M. Branson, T. Lotze, D. K. Li, D. Stephens, and B. L. Banwell

MRI in the diagnosis of pediatric multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2009 72: 961-967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

D.J.A. Callen, M. M. Shroff, H. M. Branson, D. K. Li, T. Lotze, D. Stephens, and B. L. Banwell

Role of MRI in the differentiation of ADEM from MS in children
Neurology 2009 72: 968-973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

K. Schlachter, U. Gruber-Sedlmayr, E. Stogmann, M. Lausecker, C. Hotzy, J. Balzar, E. Schuh, C. Baumgartner, J. C. Mueller, T. Illig, H. E. Wichmann, P. Lichtner, T. Meitinger, T. M. Strom, A. Zimprich, and F. Zimprich

A splice site variant in the sodium channel gene SCN1A confers risk of febrile seizures
Neurology 2009 72: 974-978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Zijlmans, J. Jacobs, R. Zelmann, F. Dubeau, and J. Gotman

High-frequency oscillations mirror disease activity in patients with epilepsy
Neurology 2009 72: 979-986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Bassel F. Shneker, Jacquelyne S. Cios, and John O. Elliott

Suicidality, depression screening, and antiepileptic drugs: Reaction to the FDA alert
Neurology 2009 72: 987-991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. G. Valcour, B. T. Shiramizu, P. Sithinamsuwan, S. Nidhinandana, S. Ratto-Kim, J. Ananworanich, U. Siangphoe, J. H. Kim, M. de Souza, V. Degruttola, R. H. Paul, C. M. Shikuma For the Southeast Asia Research Collaboration with the University of Hawaii (SEARCH) 001 protocol team

HIV DNA and cognition in a Thai longitudinal HAART initiation cohort: The SEARCH 001 Cohort Study
Neurology 2009 72: 992-998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

W.J.P. Henneman, J. D. Sluimer, J. Barnes, W. M. van der Flier, I. C. Sluimer, N. C. Fox, P. Scheltens, H. Vrenken, and F. Barkhof

Hippocampal atrophy rates in Alzheimer disease: Added value over whole brain volume measures
Neurology 2009 72: 999-1007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH:

Eduardo E. Benarroch

Neuropeptide Y: Its multiple effects in the CNS and potential clinical significance
Neurology 2009 72: 1016-1020. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Babak B. Navi and Lisa M. DeAngelis

SARCOIDOSIS PRESENTING AS BRAINSTEM ISCHEMIC STROKE
Neurology 2009 72: 1021-1022. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Leypoldt, A. Münchau, F. Moeller, M. Bester, C. Gerloff, and C. Heesen

HEMORRHAGING FOCAL ENCEPHALITIS UNDER FINGOLIMOD (FTY720) TREATMENT: A CASE REPORT
Neurology 2009 72: 1022-1024. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Nobile-Orazio, F. Terenghi, C. Giannotta, F. Gallia, and A. Nozza

SERUM VEGF LEVELS IN POEMS SYNDROME AND IN IMMUNE-MEDIATED NEUROPATHIES
Neurology 2009 72: 1024-1026. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

VIDEO NEUROIMAGES:

Michael Waisbourd and Anat Kesler

Postinfectious ocular flutter
Neurology 2009 72: 1027. [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

R. Shivakumar and Sanjeev V. Thomas

Teaching NeuroImages: Face of the giant panda and her cub: MRI correlates of Wilson disease
Neurology 2009 72: e50. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Brian Vaillant, Sheng-Han Kuo, and John de Groot

Emerging Subspecialties in Neurology: Neuro-oncology: A developing subspecialty with many opportunities
Neurology 2009 72: e51-e53. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Calixto Machado, Julius Korein, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, and Eric A. Pfeifer

Neuropathology of brain death in the modern transplant era
Neurology 2009 72: 1028. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Maria A. Nagel, and Donald H. Gilden

The varicella zoster virus vasculopathies: Clinical, CSF, imaging, and virologic features
Neurology 2009 72: 1028-1030. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emanuele Cereda, Manuela Chiara Sacchi, Alexis Elias Malavazos, R.A. Whitmer, D.R. Gustafson, E. Barrett-Connor, M.N. Haan, E.P. Gunderson, and K. Yaffe

Central obesity and increased risk of dementia more than three decades later
Neurology 2009 72: 1030-1031. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2009 72: 1032-1033. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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