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New Brain Tumor Therapies, New Recurrence Patterns

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This informative retrospective study confirms that bevacizumab is active against recurrent malignant gliomas but may alter recurrence patterns.

Distinguishing Polymyositis from Inclusion Body Myositis

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Features of IBM are not present in every biopsy and, without a good clinical examination, can lead to misdiagnosis as PM.

Predicting Outcome in Vestibular Neuritis

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How does vestibular neuritis affect the otoliths, and what test best predicts improvement in symptoms?

Predicting Recovery from Smell Loss

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Initial degree of loss, time since insult, and age are important predictors.

Sirolimus for Angiomyolipoma and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

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Encouraging evidence of effectiveness, but also some serious adverse effects, from a phase I/II clinical trial

Brain CT Findings Enhance Prediction of Stroke After TIA

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CT findings honed the predictive ability of the ABCD score in an Italian cohort.

Is Status Epilepticus an Independent Risk Factor for Death?

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A small study suggests that it is.

Can Your Favorite Team Really Break Your Heart?

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If you let games go to your head, it can.

A Classification Conundrum

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How should we classify and treat patients with inclusion body myositis–like weakness but polymyositis-like biopsy findings?

Stem Cell Transplantation for ALS

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It is premature to test this therapy further in humans.

Why Emotion Triggers Cataplexy

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Dysfunction of hypothalamus–amygdala interactions may be to blame.

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Journal Watch Neurology summarizes important medical journal articles about a wide variety of neurologic subjects including Alzheimer disease, autoimmune disease, epilepsy, headache, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, neuropathy, Parkinson disease, sleep, and stroke.

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Martin A. Samuels, MD
Martin A. Samuels, MD, FAAN, MACP, DSc (hon)
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Chairman Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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