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Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke with Prior Stroke and Diabetes: Think Different?Free

Diabetes and prior stroke should not preclude use of IV thrombolysis for stroke.

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Are We Getting Closer to Blood Tests for Parkinson Disease?

A pilot study suggests so, despite methodologic issues.

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FDA Approves Hand-Held Device to Spot Intracranial Hematomas

A new bedside device has potential for streamlining the care of patients with suspected intracranial bleeding, but widespread use should await further data.

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Gene for Vitamin D Metabolism Implicated in Multiple SclerosisFree

Mutations that lead to altered vitamin D activation are identified as rare variants in familial MS.

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Correction: Update on AAN Guidelines for Treatment of Essential TremorFree

A correction to a clinical practice guideline watch published January 3, 2012

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Increased Cancer Risk Among Patients with Myotonic Muscular DystrophyFree

Population-based data from Swedish and Danish national registries allowed for the first quantitative assessment of cancer risk in these patients.

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Complications from Rebleeding in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

After SAH, rebleeding increases mortality and the risk for cerebral and systemic complications but does not change the course or severity of delayed cerebral ischemia.

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DWI-FLAIR Mismatch to Identify Acute Ischemic Stroke: Promising Data

A multicenter study suggests that the presence of mismatch between diffusion-weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery images may be a useful surrogate marker for ischemic stroke presentation within the time window for treatment with intravenous thrombolysis.

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Computerized Neurocognitive Testing in U.S. High Schools

Researchers report the prevalence of computerized neurocognitive testing in a subset of schools but do not provide useful data on clinical outcomes.

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A Potential Imaging Biomarker of Sports-Related Concussion

Researchers present preliminary work on the use of magnetic resonance phase-contrast angiography, a potentially groundbreaking biomarker of concussion.

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MRI Before Epidural Steroid Injections?

In patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy, MRI might not affect outcomes substantially, but it can aid planning of injections.

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Early Seizures After Stroke Are Common

Frequencies were about 4% and 15% within 7 days after ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, respectively.

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Are Diabetes Mellitus and Epilepsy Linked in Children?

Children with type 1 diabetes mellitus have much higher risk for epilepsy than children in the general population.

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Autistic Children Have More Neurons

These findings support the hypothesis that autism is present at birth, even if not yet clinically evident. CME

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Testing the Causative Criteria for Cerebral Palsy

Most neonates with cerebral palsy who had experienced fetal heart rate deterioration had clinical characteristics consistent with task force criteria.

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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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Neurology Editors-in-Chief

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S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology; Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Associate Vice Chancellor of Research; and Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute — all at the University of California, San Francisco

S. Andrew Josephson, MD
S. Andrew Josephson, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology; Director, Neurohospitalist Program; and Medical Director, Inpatient Neurology — all at the University of California, San Francisco

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