THIS WEEK IN NEUROLOGY:

Highlights of the July 22 issue
Neurology 2008 71: 231. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Oliver J. Müller and Hanns Lochmüller

Sarcoglycans take center stage in gene transfer therapy
Neurology 2008 71: 234-235. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexandra Dürr

Genetic testing for the spastic paraplegias: Drowning by numbers
Neurology 2008 71: 236-238. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IN MEMORIAM:

Gretchen L. Birbeck

Jens Karl-Heinrich Mielke, MBChB, MRCP (1960–2008)
Neurology 2008 71: 239. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS AND REVIEWS:

D.J.H. Mathews, J. Sugarman, H. Bok, D. M. Blass, J. T. Coyle, P. Duggan, J. Finkel, H. T. Greely, A. Hillis, A. Hoke, R. Johnson, M. Johnston, J. Kahn, D. Kerr, J. Kurtzberg, S. M. Liao, J. W. McDonald, G. McKhann, K. B. Nelson, M. Rao, A. Regenberg, A. W. Siegel, K. Smith, D. Solter, H. Song, A. Vescovi, W. Young, J. D. Gearhart, and R. Faden

Cell-based interventions for neurologic conditions: Ethical challenges for early human trials
Neurology 2008 71: 288-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

L. R. Rodino-Klapac, J-S Lee, R. C. Mulligan, K. R. Clark, and J. R. Mendell

Lack of toxicity of alpha-sarcoglycan overexpression supports clinical gene transfer trial in LGMD2D
Neurology 2008 71: 240-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] [Podcast] [Italian Translation]  

K. J. Dick, R. Al-Mjeni, W. Baskir, R. Koul, M. A. Simpson, M. A. Patton, S. Raeburn, and A. H. Crosby

A novel locus for an autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia (SPG35) maps to 16q21-q23
Neurology 2008 71: 248-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. Sleegers, N. Brouwers, S. Maurer-Stroh, M. A. van Es, P. Van Damme, P.W.J. van Vught, J. van der Zee, S. Serneels, T. De Pooter, M. Van den Broeck, M. Cruts, J. Schymkowitz, P. De Jonghe, F. Rousseau, L. H. van den Berg, W. Robberecht, and C. Van Broeckhoven

Progranulin genetic variability contributes to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Neurology 2008 71: 253-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

C. R. Roe, B-Z Yang, H. Brunengraber, D. S. Roe, M. Wallace, and B. K. Garritson

Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency: Successful anaplerotic diet therapy
Neurology 2008 71: 260-264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] [JapaneseTranslation]  

F. Fazekas, F. D. Lublin, D. Li, M. S. Freedman, H. P. Hartung, P. Rieckmann, P. Soelberg Sørensen, M. Maas-Enriquez, B. Sommerauer, K. Hanna, For the PRIVIG Study Group, and the UBC MS/MRI Research Group

Intravenous immunoglobulin in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: A dose-finding trial
Neurology 2008 71: 265-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Hunt, A. Russell, W. H. Smithson, L. Parsons, I. Robertson, R. Waddell, B. Irwin, P. J. Morrison, J. Morrow, and J. Craig

Topiramate in pregnancy: Preliminary experience from the UK Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register
Neurology 2008 71: 272-276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Schulze-Bonhage, M. Trippel, K. Wagner, T. Bast, F. V. Deimling, A. Ebner, C. Elger, T. Mayer, R. Keimer, B. J. Steinhoff, J. Spreer, S. Fauser, and C. Ostertag

Outcome and predictors of interstitial radiosurgery in the treatment of gelastic epilepsy
Neurology 2008 71: 277-282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Haifeng Zhu and Michael D. Hill

Stroke: The Elixhauser Index for comorbidity adjustment of in-hospital case fatality
Neurology 2008 71: 283-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Diana C. Fu and Jay R. Montgomery

HIGH-DOSE, RAPID-INFUSION IVIG IN POSTVACCINATION ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
Neurology 2008 71: 294-295. [Full Text] [PDF]  

T-H Li, M-Y Lan, J-S Liu, Y-L Tseng, H-S Wu, and Y-Y Chang

TYPE II PROATLANTAL INTERSEGMENTAL ARTERY ASSOCIATED WITH OBJECTIVE PULSATILE TINNITUS
Neurology 2008 71: 295-296. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

REFLECTIONS: NEUROLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES:

Ludwig Gutmann

Limelight
Neurology 2008 71: 297-298. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony Adamo

The Carnival
Neurology 2008 71: 299-300. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Caroline Tilikete, Salem Hannoun, Norbert Nighoghossian, and Dominique Sappey-Marinier

Oculopalatal tremor and severe late-onset cerebellar ataxia
Neurology 2008 71: 301. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PATIENT PAGES:

Steven Karceski

Gene therapy and muscular dystrophies
Neurology 2008 71: e6-e8. [Full Text] [PDF] [Podcast] [Italian Translation]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Elena Pischik, Raili Kauppinen, Felix Fluri, and A.J. Steck

LEAD POISONING FROM THE BEAUTY CASE: NEUROLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS IN AN ELDERLY WOMAN
Neurology 2008 71: 302-303. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Owen A. Ross, Mathias Toft, Kristoffer Haugarvoll, A. Chen-Plotkin, W. Yuan, C. Anderson, E. McCarty Wood, H.I. Hurtig, C. Clark, B.L. Miller, V.M.-Y. Lee, J.Q. Trojanowski, M. Grossman, and V.M. Van Deerlin

CORTICOBASAL SYNDROME AND PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA AS MANIFESTATIONS OF LRRK2 GENE MUTATIONS
Neurology 2008 71: 303-304. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Neurologic consequences of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1
Neurology 2008 71: 304. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2008 71: 305-306. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS NOTE:

John H. Noseworthy, Robert A. Gross, Andrew G. Engel, Karen C. Johnston, David S. Knopman, Jonathan W. Mink, Richard M. Ransohoff, and Ryan J. Uitti

Translating research into treatments
Neurology 2008 71: 232-233. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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