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Volume 9;  2009
Case Reports
"Scleroderma linearis: hemiatrophia faciei progressiva (Parry-Romberg syndrom) without any changes in CNS and linear scleroderma "en coup de sabre" with CNS tumor
Beata Bergler-Czop, Anna Lis-Święty, and Ligia Brzezińska-Wcisło
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 39. Published online 2009 July 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-39.
PMCID: PMC2723072
Upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report
Hsun-Chang Lin, Chun-Hung Chen, Gim-Thean Khor, and Poyin Huang
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 50. Published online 2009 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-50.
PMCID: PMC2759899
Patient with neuromyelitis optica and inflammatory demyelinating lesions comprising whole spinal cord from C2 level till conus: case report
Zeljka Petelin Gadze, Sanja Hajnsek, Silvio Basic, Davor Sporis, Goran Pavlisa, and Sibila Nankovic
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 56. Published online 2009 October 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-56.
PMCID: PMC2773232
Study protocol
Comparing unilateral and bilateral upper limb training: The ULTRA-stroke program design
A (Lex) EQ van Delden, C (Lieke) E Peper, Jaap Harlaar, Andreas Daffertshofer, Nienke I Zijp, Kirsten Nienhuys, Peter Koppe, Gert Kwakkel, and Peter J Beek
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 57. Published online 2009 November 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-57.
PMCID: PMC2780376
Research Articles
The Multiple Sclerosis Risk Sharing Scheme Monitoring Study – early results and lessons for the future
Mark Pickin, Cindy L Cooper, Timothy Chater, Anthony O'Hagan, Keith R Abrams, Nicola J Cooper, Mike Boggild, Jackie Palace, George Ebers, James B Chilcott, Paul Tappenden, and Jon Nicholl
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 1. Published online 2009 January 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-1.
PMCID: PMC2631506
Masked-Volume-Wise PCA and "reference Logan" illustrate similar regional differences in kinetic behavior in human brain PET study using [11C]-PIB
Pasha Razifar, Anna Ringheim, Henry Engler, Håkan Hall, and Bengt Långström
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 2. Published online 2009 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-2.
PMCID: PMC2647899
Population studies of sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy and dementia: a systematic review
Hannah AD Keage, Roxanna O Carare, Robert P Friedland, Paul G Ince, Seth Love, James A Nicoll, Stephen B Wharton, Roy O Weller, and Carol Brayne
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 3. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-3.
PMCID: PMC2647900
A clinical registry of dementia based on the principle of epidemiological surveillance
Josep Garre-Olmo, Margarita Flaqué, Jordi Gich, Teresa Osuna Pulido, Josefina Turbau, Natalia Vallmajo, Marta Viñas, Secundí López-Pousa, and Registry of Dementia of Girona Study Group (ReDeGi Group)
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 5. Published online 2009 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-5.
PMCID: PMC2637827
Meta-analysis of duloxetine vs. pregabalin and gabapentin in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain
Sibilia Quilici, Jeremy Chancellor, Mickael Löthgren, Dominique Simon, Gérard Said, Trong Kim Le, Ana Garcia-Cebrian, and Brigitta Monz
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 6. Published online 2009 February 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-6.
PMCID: PMC2663537
Changes in cognitive domains during three years in patients with Alzheimer's disease treated with donepezil
Cecilia M Persson, Åsa K Wallin, Sten Levander, and Lennart Minthon
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 7. Published online 2009 February 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-7.
PMCID: PMC2666627
The size of the treatment effect: do patients and proxies agree?
Femke AH van der Linden, Jolijn J Kragt, Jeremy C Hobart, Martin Klein, Alan J Thompson, Henk M van der Ploeg, Chris H Polman, and Bernard MJ Uitdehaag
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 12. Published online 2009 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-12.
PMCID: PMC2667429
Significant difference between three observers in the assessment of intraepidermal nerve fiber density in skin biopsy
Sigrid Wöpking, Andrea Scherens, Ida S Haußleiter, Helmut Richter, Julia Schüning, Sabrina Klauenberg, and Christoph Maier
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 13. Published online 2009 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-13.
PMCID: PMC2672925
Moyamoya disease: A clinical spectrum, literature review and case series from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan
Sana Shoukat, Ahmed Itrat, Ather M Taqui, Moazzam Zaidi, and Ayeesha K Kamal
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 15. Published online 2009 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-15.
PMCID: PMC2678270
Estimating the probability of stroke in Korean hypertensive patients visiting tertiary hospitals using a risk profile from the framingham study
Cheol Ung Choi and Chang Gyu Park
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 16. Published online 2009 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-16.
PMCID: PMC2678992
Awareness of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in central Israel
Lea Pollak
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 17. Published online 2009 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-17.
PMCID: PMC2678271
Admission C – reactive protein after acute ischemic stroke is associated with stroke severity and mortality: The 'Bergen stroke study'
Titto T Idicula, Jan Brogger, Halvor Naess, Ulrike Waje-Andreassen, and Lars Thomassen
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 18. Published online 2009 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-18.
PMCID: PMC2680802
MRI characteristics are predictive for CDMS in monofocal, but not in multifocal patients with a clinically isolated syndrome
Jessica M Nielsen, Christoph Pohl, Chris H Polman, Frederik Barkhof, Mark S Freedman, Gilles Edan, David H Miller, Lars Bauer, Rupert Sandbrink, Ludwig Kappos, and Bernard MJ Uitdehaag
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 19. Published online 2009 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-19.
PMCID: PMC2702360
Markers of cerebral damage during delirium in elderly patients with hip fracture
Barbara C van Munster, Catharina M Korse, Sophia E de Rooij, Johannes M Bonfrer, Aeilko H Zwinderman, and Johanna C Korevaar
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 21. Published online 2009 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-21.
PMCID: PMC2695414
Correlates of degree of nerve involvement in early Bell's palsy
Ru-Lan Hsieh, Chia-Wei Wu, Ling-Yi Wang, and Wen-Chung Lee
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 22. Published online 2009 June 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-22.
PMCID: PMC2701406
Dopamine Agonists and their risk to induce psychotic episodes in Parkinson's disease: a case-control study
Daniel Ecker, Alexander Unrath, Jan Kassubek, and Michael Sabolek
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 23. Published online 2009 June 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-23.
PMCID: PMC2704166
Pontine infarction with pure motor hemiparesis or hemiplegia: A prospective study
Li Ling, Liangfu Zhu, Jinsheng Zeng, Songjie Liao, Suping Zhang, Jian Yu, and Zhiyun Yang
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 25. Published online 2009 June 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-25.
PMCID: PMC2707361
Role of the H1 haplotype of microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) gene in Greek patients with Parkinson's disease
Nikolaos Refenes, Juliane Bolbrinker, Georgios Tagaris, Antonio Orlacchio, Nikolaos Drakoulis, and Reinhold Kreutz
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 26. Published online 2009 June 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-26.
PMCID: PMC2709887
SPEM dysfunction and general schizotypy as measured by the SSQ: a controlled study
Dirk van Kampen and Jan Berend Deijen
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 27. Published online 2009 June 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-27.
PMCID: PMC2713195
Clinical impact of B-cell depletion with the anti-CD20 antibody rituximab in chronic fatigue syndrome: a preliminary case series
Øystein Fluge and Olav Mella
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 28. Published online 2009 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-28.
PMCID: PMC2711959
Co-morbidities of vertiginous diseases
Jan C Warninghoff, Otmar Bayer, Uta Ferrari, and Andreas Straube
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 29. Published online 2009 July 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-29.
PMCID: PMC2713979
Infarction in the territory of the anterior cerebral artery: clinical study of 51 patients
Adrià Arboix, Luis García-Eroles, Núria Sellarés, Agnès Raga, Montserrat Oliveres, and Joan Massons
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 30. Published online 2009 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-30.
PMCID: PMC2714497
NG2 and phosphacan are present in the astroglial scar after human traumatic spinal cord injury
Armin Buss, Katrin Pech, Byron A Kakulas, Didier Martin, Jean Schoenen, Johannes Noth, and Gary A Brook
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 32. Published online 2009 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-32.
PMCID: PMC2725028
Retrospective analysis of treatment outcome in 315 patients with oligodendroglial brain tumors
J Vesper, E Graf, C Wille, J Tilgner, M Trippel, G Nikkhah, and CB Ostertag
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 33. Published online 2009 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-33.
PMCID: PMC2719586
Diagnostic accuracy of the vegetative and minimally conscious state: Clinical consensus versus standardized neurobehavioral assessment
Caroline Schnakers, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Joseph Giacino, Manfredi Ventura, Melanie Boly, Steve Majerus, Gustave Moonen, and Steven Laureys
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 35. Published online 2009 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-35.
PMCID: PMC2718857
An analysis of Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and Glutathione S-transferase omega-1 genes as modifiers of the cerebral response to ischemia
Leema Reddy Peddareddygari, Ana Virginia Dutra, Mark A Levenstien, Souvik Sen, and Raji P Grewal
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 37. Published online 2009 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-37.
PMCID: PMC2722572
Functional polymorphisms in matrix metalloproteinases -1, -3, -9 and -12 in relation to cervical artery dissection
Armin Buss, Katrin Pech, Susanne Roelver, Brunhilde Bloemeke, Christoph Klotzsch, and Sebastian Breuer
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 40. Published online 2009 August 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-40.
PMCID: PMC2731047
Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography in the differential diagnosis of early-onset dementia: a prospective, community-based study
Peter K Panegyres, Jeffrey M Rogers, Michael McCarthy, Andrew Campbell, and Jing Shan Wu
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 41. Published online 2009 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-41.
PMCID: PMC2736156
Clinical presentation and diffusion weighted MRI of acute cerebral infarction. The Bergen Stroke Study
Halvor Naess, Jan C Brogger, Jr, Titto Idicula, Ulrike Waje-Andreassen, Gunnar Moen, and Lars Thomassen
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 44. Published online 2009 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-44.
PMCID: PMC2734341
Limitations in a frataxin knockdown cell model for Friedreich ataxia in a high-throughput drug screen
Nadège Calmels, Hervé Seznec, Pascal Villa, Laurence Reutenauer, Marcel Hibert, Jacques Haiech, Pierre Rustin, Michel Koenig, and Hélène Puccio
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 46. Published online 2009 August 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-46.
PMCID: PMC2744904
Population normative data for the 10/66 Dementia Research Group cognitive test battery from Latin America, India and China: a cross-sectional survey
Ana Luisa Sosa, Emiliano Albanese, Martin Prince, Daisy Acosta, Cleusa P Ferri, Mariella Guerra, Yueqin Huang, KS Jacob, Juan Llibre de Rodriguez, Aquiles Salas, Fang Yang, Ciro Gaona, AT Joteeshwaran, Guillermina Rodriguez, Gabriela Rojas de la Torre, Joseph D Williams, and Robert Stewart
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 48. Published online 2009 August 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-48.
PMCID: PMC2744905
Determinants of participation restriction among community dwelling stroke survivors: A path analysis
Janita PC Chau, David R Thompson, Sheila Twinn, Anne M Chang, and Jean Woo
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 49. Published online 2009 September 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-49.
PMCID: PMC2746173
Oxidative stress and S-100B protein in children with bacterial meningitis
Sherifa A Hamed, Enas A Hamed, and Madeha M Zakary
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 51. Published online 2009 October 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-51.
PMCID: PMC2768670
The impact of extended electrodiagnostic studies in Ulnar Neuropathy at the elbow
Kari Todnem, Ralf Peter Michler, Tony Eugen Wader, Morten Engstrøm, and Trond Sand
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 52. Published online 2009 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-52.
PMCID: PMC2767342
Systematic review of pharmacological treatments in fragile X syndrome
Jose-Ramon Rueda, Javier Ballesteros, and Maria-Isabel Tejada
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 53. Published online 2009 October 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-53.
PMCID: PMC2770029
Neutralizing antibodies explain the poor clinical response to Interferon beta in a small proportion of patients with Multiple Sclerosis: a retrospective study
Emilia Sbardella, Valentina Tomassini, Claudio Gasperini, Francesca Bellomi, Luca Ausili Cefaro, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Guido Antonelli, and Carlo Pozzilli
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 54. Published online 2009 October 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-54.
PMCID: PMC2770509
Prevalence of dementia and major dementia subtypes in Spanish populations: A reanalysis of dementia prevalence surveys, 1990-2008
Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta, Javier Virués-Ortega, Saturio Vega, Manuel Seijo-Martínez, Pedro Saz, Fernanda Rodríguez, Angel Rodríguez-Laso, Ramón Reñé, Susana Pérez de las Heras, Raimundo Mateos, Pablo Martínez-Martín, José María Manubens, Ignacio Mahillo-Fernandez, Secundino López-Pousa, Antonio Lobo, Jordi Llinàs Reglà, Jordi Gascón, Francisco José García, Manuel Fernández-Martínez, Raquel Boix, Félix Bermejo-Pareja, Alberto Bergareche, Julián Benito-León, Ana de Arce, and José Luis del Barrio
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 55. Published online 2009 October 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-55.
PMCID: PMC2770986
Study Protocol
Exercise therapy for prevention of falls in people with Parkinson's disease: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation
Colleen G Canning, Cathie Sherrington, Stephen R Lord, Victor SC Fung, Jacqueline CT Close, Mark D Latt, Kirsten Howard, Natalie E Allen, Sandra D O'Rourke, and Susan M Murray
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 4. Published online 2009 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-4.
PMCID: PMC2637228
Improving community ambulation after stroke: the AMBULATE trial
Louise Ada, Catherine M Dean, Richard Lindley, and Gemma Lloyd
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 8. Published online 2009 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-8.
PMCID: PMC2650676
Cardiac rehabilitation adapted to transient ischaemic attack and stroke (CRAFTS): a randomised controlled trial
Olive Lennon and Catherine Blake
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 9. Published online 2009 February 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-9.
PMCID: PMC2649028
Study design and methods of the Ansan Geriatric Study (AGE study)
Changsu Han, Sangmee Ahn Jo, Nan Hee Kim, Inho Jo, and Moon Ho Park
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 10. Published online 2009 February 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-10.
PMCID: PMC2654857
The FLASSH study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating falls prevention after stroke and two sub-studies
Frances A Batchelor, Keith D Hill, Shylie F Mackintosh, Catherine M Said, and Craig H Whitehead
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 14. Published online 2009 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-14.
PMCID: PMC2670269
Identification of potential neuromotor mechanisms of manual therapy in patients with musculoskeletal disablement: rationale and description of a clinical trial
Beth E Fisher, Todd E Davenport, Kornelia Kulig, and Allan D Wu
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 20. Published online 2009 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-20.
PMCID: PMC2694757
Psychosocial Outcomes in StrokE: the POISE observational stroke study protocol
Maree L Hackett, Nick Glozier, Stephen Jan, and Richard Lindley
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 24. Published online 2009 June 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-24.
PMCID: PMC2708124
The Karachi intracranial stenosis study (KISS) Protocol: An urban multicenter case-control investigation reporting the clinical, radiologic and biochemical associations of intracranial stenosis in Pakistan
Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Fawad Taj, Babar Junaidi, Asif Rasheed, Moazzam Zaidi, Muhammed Murtaza, Naved Iqbal, Fahad Hashmat, Syed Vaqas Alam, Uzma Saleem, Shahan Waheed, Lajpat Bansari, Nabi Shah, Maria Samuel, Madiha Yameen, Sobia Naz, Farrukh Shahab Khan, Naveeduddin Ahmed, Khalid Mahmood, Niaz Sheikh, Karim Ullah Makki, Muhammad Masroor Ahmed, Abdul Rauf Memon, Mohammad Wasay, Nadir Ali Syed, Bhojo Khealani, Philippe M Frossard, and Danish Saleheen
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 31. Published online 2009 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-31.
PMCID: PMC2716297
Getting the Balance Right: A randomised controlled trial of physiotherapy and Exercise Interventions for ambulatory people with multiple sclerosis
Susan Coote, Maria Garrett, Neasa Hogan, Aidan Larkin, and Jean Saunders
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 34. Published online 2009 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-34.
PMCID: PMC2714828
Optimal cut-off criteria for duplex ultrasound for the diagnosis of restenosis in stented carotid arteries: Review and protocol for a diagnostic study
Paul J Nederkoorn and Martin M Brown
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 36. Published online 2009 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-36.
PMCID: PMC2722571
Exercise intervention to prevent falls and enhance mobility in community dwellers after stroke: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Catherine M Dean, Chris Rissel, Michelle Sharkey, Catherine Sherrington, Robert G Cumming, Ruth N Barker, Stephen R Lord, Sandra D O'Rourke, and Catherine Kirkham
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 38. Published online 2009 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-38.
PMCID: PMC2719587
Cost-effectiveness of a structured progressive task-oriented circuit class training programme to enhance walking competency after stroke: The protocol of the FIT-Stroke trial
Ingrid GL van de Port, Lotte Wevers, Hanneke Roelse, Lenneke van Kats, Eline Lindeman, and Gert Kwakkel
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 43. Published online 2009 August 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-43.
PMCID: PMC2736157
Debates
Understanding patients' perspective in the use of generic antiepileptic drugs: compelling lessons for physicians to improve physician/patient communication
Kore Liow
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 11. Published online 2009 March 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-11.
PMCID: PMC2662789
Quality of Life as an outcome in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias- obstacles and goals
Matthias W Riepe, Thomas Mittendorf, Hans Förstl, Lutz Frölich, Martin Haupt, Reiner Leidl, Christoph Vauth, and Matthias Graf von der Schulenburg
BMC Neurol. 2009; 9: 47. Published online 2009 August 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-47.
PMCID: PMC2746172
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