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Volume 8;  2008
Technical Advance
A novel needle for subcutaneous injection of interferon beta-1a: effect on pain in volunteers and satisfaction in patients with multiple sclerosis
Amer Jaber, Gian B Bozzato, Lionel Vedrine, Wes A Prais, Julie Berube, and Philippe E Laurent
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 38. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-38.
PMCID: PMC2577094
Research Articles
Analysis of Parkinson disease patients from Portugal for mutations in SNCA, PRKN, PINK1 and LRRK2
Jose Bras, Rita Guerreiro, Maria Ribeiro, Ana Morgadinho, Cristina Januario, Margarida Dias, Ana Calado, Cristina Semedo, Catarina Oliveira, John Hardy, and Andrew Singleton
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 1. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-1.
PMCID: PMC2248204
Longitudinal proxy measurements in multiple sclerosis: patient-proxy agreement on the impact of MS on daily life over a period of two years
Femke AH van der Linden, Jolijn J Kragt, Margarethe van Bon, Martin Klein, Alan J Thompson, Henk M van der Ploeg, Chris H Polman, and Bernard MJ Uitdehaag
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 2. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-2.
PMCID: PMC2270863
Optimization of treatment with interferon beta in multiple sclerosis. Usefulness of automatic system application criteria
Juan Luís Ruiz-Peña, Pablo Duque, and Guillermo Izquierdo
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 3. Published online 2008 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-3.
PMCID: PMC2292210
Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism in migraine patients
Erling Tronvik, Lars J Stovner, Gunnar Bovim, Linda R White, Amanda J Gladwin, Kathryn Owen, and Harald Schrader
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 4. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-4.
PMCID: PMC2311324
Ischemic stroke incidence in Santa Coloma de Gramenet (ISISCOG), Spain. A community-based study
María Teresa Alzamora, Marta Sorribes, Antonio Heras, Nicolás Vila, Marisa Vicheto, Rosa Forés, José Sánchez-Ojanguren, Amparo Sancho, the "ISISCOG Study Group", and Guillem Pera
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 5. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-5.
PMCID: PMC2292741
Pesticide exposure and risk of Parkinson's disease: A family-based case-control study
Dana B Hancock, Eden R Martin, Gregory M Mayhew, Jeffrey M Stajich, Rita Jewett, Mark A Stacy, Burton L Scott, Jeffery M Vance, and William K Scott
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 6. Published online 2008 March 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-6.
PMCID: PMC2323015
Shape (but not volume) changes in the thalami in Parkinson disease
Martin J McKeown, Ashish Uthama, Rafeef Abugharbieh, Samantha Palmer, Mechelle Lewis, and Xuemei Huang
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 8. Published online 2008 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-8.
PMCID: PMC2386499
APOE ε4 lowers age at onset and is a high risk factor for Alzheimer's disease; A case control study from central Norway
Sigrid B Sando, Stacey Melquist, Ashley Cannon, Michael L Hutton, Olav Sletvold, Ingvild Saltvedt, Linda R White, Stian Lydersen, and Jan O Aasly
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 9. Published online 2008 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-9.
PMCID: PMC2375917
Neuroleptic-induced movement disorders in a naturalistic schizophrenia population: diagnostic value of actometric movement patterns
Sven Janno, Matti M Holi, Katinka Tuisku, and Kristian Wahlbeck
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 10. Published online 2008 April 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-10.
PMCID: PMC2374793
Reduction in magnetic resonance imaging T2 burden of disease in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: analysis of 48-week data from the EVIDENCE (EVidence of Interferon Dose-response: European North American Comparative Efficacy) study
A Traboulsee, A AL-Sabbagh, R Bennett, P Chang, DKB Li, and the EVIDENCE Study Group and the UBC MS/MRI Research Group
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 11. Published online 2008 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-11.
PMCID: PMC2374794
Framingham Stroke Risk Profile and poor cognitive function: a population-based study
David J Llewellyn, Iain A Lang, Jing Xie, Felicia A Huppert, David Melzer, and Kenneth M Langa
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 12. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-12.
PMCID: PMC2386808
Cortical recovery of swallowing function in wound botulism
Inga K Teismann, Olaf Steinstraeter, Tobias Warnecke, Julian Zimmermann, Erich B Ringelstein, Christo Pantev, and Rainer Dziewas
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 13. Published online 2008 May 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-13.
PMCID: PMC2409368
Cooling via one hand improves physical performance in heat-sensitive individuals with Multiple Sclerosis: A preliminary study
Dennis A Grahn, Julie vLS Murray, and H Craig Heller
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 14. Published online 2008 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-14.
PMCID: PMC2396661
Multiple Causes for Delay in Arrival at Hospital in Acute Stroke Patients in Aydin, Turkey
Sakine Memis, Emel Tugrul, E Didem Evci, and Filiz Ergin
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 15. Published online 2008 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-15.
PMCID: PMC2387166
A comparison of parametric models for the investigation of the shape of cognitive change in the older population
Graciela Muniz Terrera, Fiona Matthews, and Carol Brayne
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 16. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-16.
PMCID: PMC2412911
Cost effectiveness of recombinant factor VIIa for treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage
Brett M Kissela and Mark H Eckman
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 17. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-17.
PMCID: PMC2397434
Awareness of warning signs among suburban Nigerians at high risk for stroke is poor: A cross-sectional study
Kolawole W Wahab, Peter O Okokhere, Asuwemhe J Ugheoke, Ojeh Oziegbe, Adedayo F Asalu, and Taofeek A Salami
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 18. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-18.
PMCID: PMC2423187
Inter-rater reliability of data elements from a prototype of the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry
Mathew J Reeves, Andrew J Mullard, and Susan Wehner
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 19. Published online 2008 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-19.
PMCID: PMC2442121
Deferiprone targets aconitase: Implication for Friedreich's ataxia treatment
Sergio Goncalves, Vincent Paupe, Emmanuel P Dassa, and Pierre Rustin
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 20. Published online 2008 June 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-20.
PMCID: PMC2440763
A questionnaire-based (UM-PDHQ) study of hallucinations in Parkinson's disease
Spiridon Papapetropoulos, Heather Katzen, Anette Schrag, Carlos Singer, Blake K Scanlon, Daniel Nation, Alexandra Guevara, and Bonnie Levin
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 21. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-21.
PMCID: PMC2443167
Carotid bruits as predictor for carotid stenoses detected by ultrasonography: an observational study
Elias P Johansson and Per Wester
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 23. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-23.
PMCID: PMC2442122
Prediction of the survival and functional ability of severe stroke patients after ICU therapeutic intervention
Moussa Riachy, Frida Sfeir, Ghassan Sleilaty, Samer Hage-Chahine, Georges Dabar, Taha Bazerbachi, Zeina Aoun-Bacha, Georges Khayat, and Salam Koussa
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 24. Published online 2008 June 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-24.
PMCID: PMC2443378
Medication Persistence Rates and Factors Associated with Persistence in Patients Following Stroke: A Cohort Study
Heather L Lummis, Ingrid S Sketris, Gordon J Gubitz, Michel R Joffres, and Gordon J Flowerdew
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 25. Published online 2008 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-25.
PMCID: PMC2474854
Exploratory study of plasma total homocysteine and its relationship to short-term outcome in acute ischaemic stroke in Nigerians
Njideka U Okubadejo, Olajumoke O Oladipo, Adekunle A Adeyomoye, Gbolahan O Awosanya, and Mustapha A Danesi
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 26. Published online 2008 July 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-26.
PMCID: PMC2478669
Rapid improvement in verbal fluency and aphasia following perispinal etanercept in Alzheimer's disease
Edward L Tobinick and Hyman Gross
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 27. Published online 2008 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-27.
PMCID: PMC2500042
Do nasogastric tubes worsen dysphagia in patients with acute stroke?
Rainer Dziewas, Tobias Warnecke, Christina Hamacher, Stefan Oelenberg, Inga Teismann, Christopher Kraemer, Martin Ritter, Erich B Ringelstein, and Wolf R Schaebitz
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 28. Published online 2008 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-28.
PMCID: PMC2507716
Duloxetine for painful diabetic neuropathy and fibromyalgia pain: systematic review of randomised trials
Asquad Sultan, Helen Gaskell, Sheena Derry, and R Andrew Moore
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 29. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-29.
PMCID: PMC2529342
No effect of preterm birth on the risk of multiple sclerosis: a population based study
Sreeram V Ramagopalan, William Valdar, David A Dyment, Gabriele C DeLuca, Sarah-Michelle Orton, Irene M Yee, Maria Criscuoli, George C Ebers, A Dessa Sadovnick, and for the Canadian Collaborative Study Group
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 30. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-30.
PMCID: PMC2518551
The leukoaraiosis is more prevalent in the large artery atherosclerosis stroke subtype among Korean patients with ischemic stroke
Seung-Jae Lee, Joong-Seok Kim, Kwang-Soo Lee, Jae-Young An, Woojun Kim, Yeong-In Kim, Bum-Soo Kim, and So-Lyung Jung
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 31. Published online 2008 August 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-31.
PMCID: PMC2532686
Pedigree with frontotemporal lobar degeneration – motor neuron disease and Tar DNA binding protein-43 positive neuropathology: genetic linkage to chromosome 9
Agnes A Luty, John BJ Kwok, Elizabeth M Thompson, Peter Blumbergs, William S Brooks, Clement T Loy, Carol Dobson-Stone, Peter K Panegyres, Jane Hecker, Garth A Nicholson, Glenda M Halliday, and Peter R Schofield
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 32. Published online 2008 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-32.
PMCID: PMC2553097
Efficacy and safety of pregabalin 600 mg/d for treating painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: A double-blind placebo-controlled trial
Joseph C Arezzo, Julio Rosenstock, Linda LaMoreaux, and Lynne Pauer
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 33. Published online 2008 September 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-33.
PMCID: PMC2565674
A pilot study of rivastigmine in the treatment of delirium after stroke: A safe alternative
Annemarie W Oldenbeuving, Paul LM de Kort, Ben PW Jansen, L Jaap Kappelle, and Gerwin Roks
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 34. Published online 2008 September 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-34.
PMCID: PMC2556687
Cross-modal deactivations during modality-specific selective attention
Jennifer L Mozolic, David Joyner, Christina E Hugenschmidt, Ann M Peiffer, Robert A Kraft, Joseph A Maldjian, and Paul J Laurienti
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 35. Published online 2008 September 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-35.
PMCID: PMC2569962
Perceived needs and satisfaction with care in people with multiple sclerosis: A two-year prospective study
Charlotte Ytterberg, Sverker Johansson, Kristina Gottberg, Lotta Widén Holmqvist, and Lena von Koch
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 36. Published online 2008 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-36.
PMCID: PMC2569963
The effect of coaching on the simulated malingering of memory impairment
Jascha Rüsseler, Alexandra Brett, Ulrike Klaue, Michael Sailer, and Thomas F Münte
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 37. Published online 2008 October 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-37.
PMCID: PMC2569062
Risk factors for dementia in the epidemiological study of Munguialde County (Basque Country-Spain)
Manuel Fernández Martínez, Jessica Castro Flores, Susana Pérez de las Heras, Aitziber Mandaluniz Lekumberri, María Gordejuela Menocal, and Juan José Zarranz Imirizaldu
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 39. Published online 2008 October 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-39.
PMCID: PMC2584030
Skin-impedance in Fabry Disease: A prospective, controlled, non-randomized clinical study
Surya N Gupta, Markus Ries, Gary J Murray, Jane M Quirk, Roscoe O Brady, Jeffrey R Lidicker, Raphael Schiffmann, and David F Moore
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 41. Published online 2008 November 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-41.
PMCID: PMC2585087
Long-term effects of STN DBS on mood: psychosocial profiles remain stable in a 3-year follow-up
Iris Kaiser, Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Thomas Brücke, Dieter Volc, and François Alesch
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 43. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-43.
PMCID: PMC2596774
Plasma brain natriuretic peptide as a surrogate marker for cardioembolic stroke
Kazushi Yukiiri, Naohisa Hosomi, Takayuki Naya, Tsutomu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Ohkita, Mao Mukai, Hisashi Masugata, Koji Murao, Masaki Ueno, Takehiro Nakamura, Hiroaki Dobashi, Takanori Miki, Yasuhiro Kuroda, and Masakazu Kohno
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 45. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-45.
PMCID: PMC2621245
Role of MAPT mutations and haplotype in frontotemporal lobar degeneration in Northern Finland
Anna-Lotta Kaivorinne, Johanna Krüger, Katja Kuivaniemi, Hannu Tuominen, Virpi Moilanen, Kari Majamaa, and Anne M Remes
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 48. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-48.
PMCID: PMC2625345
Identifying people at high risk for developing sleep apnea syndrome (SAS): a cross-sectional study in a Pakistani population
Fawad Taj, Zarmeneh Aly, Mahwash Kassi, and Mansoor Ahmed
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 50. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-50.
PMCID: PMC2615786
Study Protocol
Mental practice-based rehabilitation training to improve arm function and daily activity performance in stroke patients: a randomized clinical trial
Jeanine A Verbunt, Henk AM Seelen, Feljandro P Ramos, Bernard HM Michielsen, Wim L Wetzelaer, and Martine Moennekens
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 7. Published online 2008 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-7.
PMCID: PMC2329664
A randomised controlled trial evaluating family mediated exercise (FAME) therapy following stroke
Rose Galvin, Tara Cusack, and Emma Stokes
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 22. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-22.
PMCID: PMC2447850
Protocol for German trial of Acyclovir and corticosteroids in Herpes-simplex-virus-encephalitis (GACHE): a multicenter, multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled German, Austrian and Dutch trial [ISRCTN45122933]
Francisco Martinez-Torres, Sanjay Menon, Maria Pritsch, Norbert Victor, Ekkehart Jenetzky, Katrin Jensen, Eva Schielke, Erich Schmutzhard, Jan de Gans, Chin-Hee Chung, Steffen Luntz, Werner Hacke, Uta Meyding-Lamadé, and the GACHE Investigators
BMC Neurol. 2008; 8: 40. Published online 2008 October 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-40.
PMCID: PMC2605746
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