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BMC Neurology, Volume 9

 
Volume 9 Suppl 1
Proceedings
Washington, DC, USA. 23 February 2009

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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, Peter J Beek
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:57 (6November2009)
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Case report
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, Sibila Nankovic
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:56 (23October2009)
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Research article
Prevalence of dementia and major dementia subtypes in Spanish populations: A reanalysis of dementia prevalence surveys, 1990-2008
Jess de Pedro-Cuesta, Javier Virus-Ortega, Saturio Vega, Manuel Seijo-Martnez, Pedro Saz, Fernanda Rodrguez, Angel Rodrguez-Laso, Ramn Re, Susana Prez de las Heras, Raimundo Mateos, Pablo Martnez-Martn, Jos Mara Manubens, Ignacio Mahillo-Fernandez, Secundino Lpez-Pousa, Antonio Lobo, Jordi Llins Regl, Jordi Gascn, Francisco Jos Garca, Manuel Fernndez-Martnez, Raquel Boix, Flix Bermejo-Pareja, Alberto Bergareche, Julin Benito-Len, Ana de Arce, Jos Luis del Barrio
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:55 (19October2009)
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Research article
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, Carlo Pozzilli
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:54 (13October2009)
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Research article
Systematic review of pharmacological treatments in fragile X syndrome
Jose-Ramon Rueda, Javier Ballesteros, Maria-Isabel Tejada
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:53 (13October2009)
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Research article
The impact of extended electrodiagnostic studies in Ulnar Neuropathy at the elbow
Kari Todnem, Ralf Peter Michler, Tony Eugen Wader, Morten Engstrm, Trond Sand
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:52 (9October2009)
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Research article
Oxidative stress and S-100B protein in children with bacterial meningitis
Sherifa A Hamed, Enas A Hamed, Madeha M Zakary
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:51 (8October2009)
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Case report
Upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report
Hsun-Chang Lin, Chun-Hung Chen, Gim-Thean Khor, Poyin Huang
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:50 (24September2009)
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Research article
Determinants of participation restriction among community dwelling stroke survivors: A path analysis
Janita PC Chau, David R Thompson, Sheila Twinn, Anne M Chang, Jean Woo
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:49 (7September2009)
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Research article
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, Robert Stewart
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:48 (26August2009)
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Debate
Quality of Life as an outcome in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias- obstacles and goals
Matthias W Riepe, Thomas Mittendorf, Hans Frstl, Lutz Frlich, Martin Haupt, Reiner Leidl, Christoph Vauth, Matthias Graf von der Schulenburg
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:47 (25August2009)
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Research article
Limitations in a frataxin knockdown cell model for Friedreich ataxia in a high-throughput drug screen
Nadge Calmels, Herv Seznec, Pascal Villa, Laurence Reutenauer, Marcel Hibert, Jacques Haiech, Pierre Rustin, Michel Koenig, Hlne Puccio
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:46 (24August2009)
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Study protocol
Protocol for the saMS trial (supportive adjustment for multiple sclerosis): a randomized controlled trial comparing cognitive behavioral therapy to supportive listening for adjustment to multiple sclerosis
Rona Moss-Morris, Laura Dennison, Lucy Yardley, Sabine Landau, Suzanne Roche, Paul McCrone, Trudie Chalder
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:45 (23August2009)
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Research article
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, Lars Thomassen
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:44 (18August2009)
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Study protocol
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, Gert Kwakkel
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:43 (13August2009)
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Study protocol
Can cognitive enhancers reduce the risk of falls in older people with Mild Cognitive Impairment? A protocol for a randomised controlled double blind trial
Manuel Montero-Odasso, Jennie L Wells, Michael J Borrie, Mark Speechley
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:42 (12August2009)
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Research article
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, Jing Shan Wu
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:41 (12August2009)
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Research article
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, Sebastian Breuer
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:40 (9August2009)
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Case report
"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-wity, Ligia Brzeziska-Wciso
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:39 (27July2009)
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Study protocol
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, Catherine Kirkham
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:38 (22July2009)
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Research article
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, Raji P Grewal
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:37 (22July2009)
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Study protocol
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, Martin M Brown
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:36 (22July2009)
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Research article
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, Steven Laureys
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:35 (21July2009)
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Study protocol
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, Jean Saunders
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:34 (16July2009)
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Research article
Retrospective analysis of treatment outcome in 315 patients with oligodendroglial brain tumors
J Vesper, E Graf, C Wille, J Tilgner, M Trippel, G Nikkhah, CB Ostertag
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:33 (16July2009)
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Research article
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, Gary A Brook
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:32 (15July2009)
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Study protocol
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, Danish Saleheen
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:31 (15July2009)
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Research article
Infarction in the territory of the anterior cerebral artery: clinical study of 51 patients
Adri Arboix, Luis Garca-Eroles, Nria Sellars, Agns Raga, Montserrat Oliveres, Joan Massons
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:30 (9July2009)
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Research article
Co-morbidities of vertiginous diseases
Jan C Warninghoff, Otmar Bayer, Uta Ferrari, Andreas Straube
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:29 (7July2009)
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Research article
Clinical impact of B-cell depletion with the anti-CD20 antibody rituximab in chronic fatigue syndrome: a preliminary case series
ystein Fluge, Olav Mella
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:28 (1July2009)
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Research article
SPEM dysfunction and general schizotypy as measured by the SSQ: a controlled study
Dirk van Kampen, Jan Berend Deijen
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:27 (29June2009)
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Research article
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, Reinhold Kreutz
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:26 (28June2009)
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Research article
Pontine infarction with pure motor hemiparesis or hemiplegia: A prospective study
Li Ling, Liangfu Zhu, Jinsheng Zeng, Songjie Liao, Suping Zhang, Jian Yu, Zhiyun Yang
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:25 (15June2009)
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Study protocol
Psychosocial Outcomes in StrokE: the POISE observational stroke study protocol
Maree L Hackett, Nick Glozier, Stephen Jan, Richard Lindley
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:24 (12June2009)
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Research article
Dopamine Agonists and their risk to induce psychotic episodes in Parkinson's disease: a case-control study
Daniel Ecker, Alexander Unrath, Jan Kassubek, Michael Sabolek
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:23 (10June2009)
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Research article
Correlates of degree of nerve involvement in early Bell's palsy
Ru-Lan Hsieh, Chia-Wei Wu, Ling-Yi Wang, Wen-Chung Lee
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:22 (7June2009)
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Research article
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, Johanna C Korevaar
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:21 (27May2009)
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Study protocol
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, Allan D Wu
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:20 (21May2009)
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Research article
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, Bernard MJ Uitdehaag
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:19 (20May2009)
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Research article
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, Lars Thomassen
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:18 (28April2009)
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Research article
Awareness of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in central Israel
Lea Pollak
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:17 (22April2009)
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Research article
Estimating the probability of stroke in Korean hypertensive patients visiting tertiary hospitals using a risk profile from the framingham study
Cheol Ung Choi, Chang Gyu Park
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:16 (22April2009)
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Research article
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, Ayeesha K Kamal
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:15 (15April2009)
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Study protocol
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, Craig H Whitehead
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:14 (31March2009)
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Research article
Significant difference between three observers in the assessment of intraepidermal nerve fiber density in skin biopsy
Sigrid Wpking, Andrea Scherens, Ida S Hauleiter, Helmut Richter, Julia Schning, Sabrina Klauenberg, Christoph Maier
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:13 (31March2009)
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Research article
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, Bernard MJ Uitdehaag
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:12 (25March2009)
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Debate
Understanding patients' perspective in the use of generic antiepileptic drugs: compelling lessons for physicians to improve physician/patient communication
Kore Liow
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:11 (17March2009)
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Study protocol
Study design and methods of the Ansan Geriatric Study (AGE study)
Changsu Han, Sangmee Ahn Jo, Nan Hee Kim, Inho Jo, Moon Ho Park
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:10 (24February2009)
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Study protocol
Cardiac rehabilitation adapted to transient ischaemic attack and stroke (CRAFTS): a randomised controlled trial
Olive Lennon, Catherine Blake
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:9 (23February2009)
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Study protocol
Improving community ambulation after stroke: the AMBULATE trial
Louise Ada, Catherine M Dean, Richard Lindley, Gemma Lloyd
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:8 (11February2009)
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Research article
Changes in cognitive domains during three years in patients with Alzheimer's disease treated with donepezil
Cecilia M Persson, sa K Wallin, Sten Levander, Lennart Minthon
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:7 (10February2009)
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Research article
Meta-analysis of duloxetine vs. pregabalin and gabapentin in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain
Sibilia Quilici, Jeremy Chancellor, Mickael Lthgren, Dominique Simon, Grard Said, Trong Kim Le, Ana Garcia-Cebrian, Brigitta Monz
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:6 (10February2009)
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Research article
A clinical registry of dementia based on the principle of epidemiological surveillance
Josep Garre-Olmo, Margarita Flaqu, Jordi Gich, Teresa Osuna Pulido, Josefina Turbau, Natalia Vallmajo, Marta Vias, Secund Lpez-Pousa, Registry of Dementia of Girona Study Group (ReDeGi Group)
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:5 (28January2009)
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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, Susan M Murray
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:4 (22January2009)
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Research article
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, Carol Brayne
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:3 (13January2009)
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Research article
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, Hkan Hall, Bengt Lngstrm
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:2 (7January2009)
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Research article
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, Jon Nicholl
BMC Neurology 2009, 9:1 (6January2009)
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