THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

This week in Neurology®: Highlights of the April 7 issue
Neurology 2009 72: 1199. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Caroline M. Klein and Peter J. Dyck

Skin biopsy for peripheral neuropathy: Is it better to punch or to blister?
Neurology 2009 72: 1200-1201. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francois J.G. Vingerhoets

Dyskinesia in Parkinson disease: Back for the future?
Neurology 2009 72: 1202-1203. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE:

Moses Rodriguez, Arthur E. Warrington, and Larry R. Pease

Invited Article: Human natural autoantibodies in the treatment of neurologic disease
Neurology 2009 72: 1269-1276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Chinese Translation]  

IN MEMORIAM:

Paul Brown

Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, MD (1923–2008)
Neurology 2009 72: 1204. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Ioanna G. Panoutsopoulou, Gwen Wendelschafer-Crabb, James S. Hodges, and William R. Kennedy

Skin blister and skin biopsy to quantify epidermal nerves: A comparative study
Neurology 2009 72: 1205-1210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. R. Troiano, R. de la Fuente-Fernandez, V. Sossi, M. Schulzer, E. Mak, T. J. Ruth, and A. J. Stoessl

PET demonstrates reduced dopamine transporter expression in PD with dyskinesias
Neurology 2009 72: 1211-1216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Italian Translation]  

P. L. Nghiemphu, W. Liu, Y. Lee, T. Than, C. Graham, A. Lai, R. M. Green, W. B. Pope, L. M. Liau, P. S. Mischel, S. F. Nelson, R. Elashoff, and T. F. Cloughesy

Bevacizumab and chemotherapy for recurrent glioblastoma: A single-institution experience
Neurology 2009 72: 1217-1222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Piero Perucca, Jewell Carter, Victoria Vahle, and Frank G. Gilliam

Adverse antiepileptic drug effects: Toward a clinically and neurobiologically relevant taxonomy
Neurology 2009 72: 1223-1229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

W. T. Kimberly, A. Gilson, N. S. Rost, J. Rosand, A. Viswanathan, E. E. Smith, and S. M. Greenberg

Silent ischemic infarcts are associated with hemorrhage burden in cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Neurology 2009 72: 1230-1235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. C. Tartaglia, V. Laluz, A. Rowe, K. Findlater, D. H. Lee, K. Kennedy, J. H. Kramer, and M. J. Strong

Brain atrophy in primary lateral sclerosis
Neurology 2009 72: 1236-1241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. Ben Zeev, A. Bebbington, G. Ho, H. Leonard, N. de Klerk, E. Gak, M. Vecksler, and J. Christodoulou

The common BDNF polymorphism may be a modifier of disease severity in Rett syndrome
Neurology 2009 72: 1242-1247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Schmidt, H. -C. Jabusch, E. Altenmüller, J. Hagenah, N. Brüggemann, K. Lohmann, L. Enders, P. L. Kramer, R. Saunders-Pullman, S. B. Bressman, A. Münchau, and C. Klein

Etiology of musician’s dystonia: Familial or environmental?
Neurology 2009 72: 1248-1254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Xiang Gao, Michael A. Schwarzschild, Hao Wang, and Alberto Ascherio

Obesity and restless legs syndrome in men and women
Neurology 2009 72: 1255-1261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Podcast] [Data Supplement]  

NEUROLOGY CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE:

Salvatore DiMauro, Margherita Milone, and B. Mark Keegan

A 41-year-old woman with progressive leg weakness and numbness, dizziness, and myalgia
Neurology 2009 72: 1262-1268. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

B. Höchsmann, R. Huber, P. Schauwecker, H. Schrezenmeier, M. Wiesneth, and A. Storch

HEMISPHERIC STROKE DOES NOT MOBILIZE CD34⁺ HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS INTO THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD
Neurology 2009 72: 1277-1278. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Daniel J. Costello and Katherine B. Sims

EFFICACY OF LAMOTRIGINE IN DISABLING MYOCLONUS IN A PATIENT WITH AN mtDNA A3243G MUTATION
Neurology 2009 72: 1279-1280. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Wolfgang Singer, JaNean K. Engelstad, and P. James B. Dyck

The beautiful feet of neuropathy
Neurology 2009 72: 1281. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

Richard A. Rison and Said R. Beydoun

Teaching Video NeuroImages: Tongue myokymia following head and neck radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Neurology 2009 72: e65. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonetta Margaretha Gezina Sas and Fop van Kooten

Teaching NeuroImages: Sinus pericranii
Neurology 2009 72: e66. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Gregory L. Pittman and P.D. Frenzen

ECONOMIC COST OF GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME IN THE UNITED STATES
Neurology 2009 72: 1282. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose L. Ochoa

NEUROPATHIC PAIN: REDEFINITION AND A GRADING SYSTEM FOR CLINICAL AND RESEARCH PURPOSES
Neurology 2009 72: 1282-1283. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimford J. Meador and J.O. Miyasaki

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR AUTHORS OF AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES
Neurology 2009 72: 1283-1284. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

CORRECTION
Neurology 2009 72: 1284. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

William B. Young

HEADACHE SIMPLIFIED
Neurology 2009 72: 1285. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Calendar
Neurology 2009 72: 1286-1287. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Changes • People • Comments
Neurology 2009 72: 1288-1290. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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