THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

This week in Neurology®: Highlights of the October 20 issue
Neurology 2009 73: 1251. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Donald L. Gilbert and Roger Kurlan

PANDAS: Horse or zebra?
Neurology 2009 73: 1252-1253. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nayana Lahiri and Sarah J. Tabrizi

Huntington disease: A tale of two genes
Neurology 2009 73: 1254-1255. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS AND REVIEWS:

Dirk M. Hermann and Claudio L. Bassetti

Sleep-related breathing and sleep-wake disturbances in ischemic stroke
Neurology 2009 73: 1313-1322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

A. Schrag, R. Gilbert, G. Giovannoni, M. M. Robertson, C. Metcalfe, and Y. Ben-Shlomo

Streptococcal infection, Tourette syndrome, and OCD: Is there a connection?
Neurology 2009 73: 1256-1263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

A. Poduri, Y. Wang, D. Gordon, S. Barral-Rodriguez, C. Barker-Cummings, A. Ulgen, V. Chitsazzadeh, R. S. Hill, N. Risch, W. A. Hauser, T. A. Pedley, C. A. Walsh, and R. Ottman

Novel susceptibility locus at chromosome 6q16.3-22.31 in a family with GEFS+
Neurology 2009 73: 1264-1272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Kim, A. Gillespie, E. Dombi, A. Goodwin, W. Goodspeed, E. Fox, F. M. Balis, and B. C. Widemann

Characteristics of children enrolled in treatment trials for NF1-related plexiform neurofibromas
Neurology 2009 73: 1273-1279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. A. Aziz, C. K. Jurgens, G. B. Landwehrmeyer, EHDN Registry Study Group, W.M.C. van Roon-Mom, G. J.B. van Ommen, T. Stijnen, and R. A.C. Roos

Normal and mutant HTT interact to affect clinical severity and progression in Huntington disease
Neurology 2009 73: 1280-1285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

X. Gao, K. C. Simon, J. Han, M. A. Schwarzschild, and A. Ascherio

Family history of melanoma and Parkinson disease risk
Neurology 2009 73: 1286-1291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

J. T. Becker, L. Kingsley, J. Mullen, B. Cohen, E. Martin, E. N. Miller, A. Ragin, N. Sacktor, O. A. Selnes, B. R. Visscher For the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study

Vascular risk factors, HIV serostatus, and cognitive dysfunction in gay and bisexual men
Neurology 2009 73: 1292-1299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

M.S.V. Elkind, J. M. Luna, Y. P. Moon, K. M. Liu, S. L. Spitalnik, M. C. Paik, and R. L. Sacco

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein predicts mortality but not stroke: The Northern Manhattan Study
Neurology 2009 73: 1300-1307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast] [Data Supplement]  

S. A. Dupont, A. Dispenzieri, M. L. Mauermann, A. A. Rabinstein, and R. D. Brown, Jr

Cerebral infarction in POEMS syndrome: Incidence, risk factors, and imaging characteristics
Neurology 2009 73: 1308-1312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HISTORICAL NEUROLOGY:

John G. Sotos

Abraham Lincoln did not have type 5 spinocerebellar ataxia
Neurology 2009 73: 1328-1332. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH:

Eduardo E. Benarroch

Astrocyte-neuron interactions: Implications for epilepsy
Neurology 2009 73: 1323-1327. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Y. Dauvilliers, B. Abril, E. Mas, F. Michel, and M. Tafti

Normalization of hypocretin-1 in narcolepsy after intravenous immunoglobulin treatment
Neurology 2009 73: 1333-1334. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Cortese, E. Tavazzi, S. Delbue, E. Alfonsi, A. Pichiecchio, M. Ceroni, P. Ferrante, and E. Marchioni

Varicella zoster virus–associated polyradiculoneuritis
Neurology 2009 73: 1334-1335. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION:

Jonathan H. Smith, Jennifer E. Fugate, and Daniel O. Claassen

Pearls & Oy-sters: The orbital bruit: A poor man’s angiogram
Neurology 2009 73: e81-e82. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Podcast]  

G. Solé, F. Perez, and X. Ferrer

Teaching NeuroImages: Reversible ectropion in myasthenia gravis
Neurology 2009 73: e83. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Amos D. Korczyn, Gary S. Gronseth FAAN, and Jacqueline French FAAN

Practice parameters and technology assessments: What they are, what they are not, and why you should care
Neurology 2009 73: 1336-1337. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew N. Wilner, Jacqueline French FAAN, and Gary S. Gronseth FAAN

Lost in a jungle of evidence: We need a compass; Practice parameters and technology assessments: What they are, what they are not, and why you should care
Neurology 2009 73: 1337-1338. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin M. Pincus, Gary S. Gronseth FAAN, and Jacqueline French FAAN

Lost in a jungle of evidence: We need a compass
Neurology 2009 73: 1338-1339. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALENDAR:

Calendar
Neurology 2009 73: 1342. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEW:

Anu Jacob

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: THE HISTORY OF A DISEASE
Neurology 2009 73: 1340-1341. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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