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Autologous mucosal transplant in chronic spinal cord injury: an Indian Pilot...

Spinal Cord advance online publication 2 June 2009; doi: 10.1038/sc.2009.54 To determine the safety and feasibility of autologous olfactory mucosal transplantation into the spinal cord in chronic...

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Deleterious versus neuroprotective effect of metabolic inhibition after...

Spinal Cord advance online publication 2 June 2009; doi: 10.1038/sc.2009.27 This work is an experimental and prospective study in adult, female, Long-Evans rats.

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The feasibility of using auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure...

Spinal Cord advance online publication 2 June 2009; doi: 10.1038/sc.2009.56 Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is common within weeks of tetraplegia.

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Urinary incontinence in spinal cord injured individuals 10-45 years after injury

Spinal Cord advance online publication 2 June 2009; doi: 10.1038/sc.2009.46 To evaluate urinary incontinence and its management in a population of individuals with long-term spinal cord injury (SCI).

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Depression literacy among Chinese stroke survivors

Aging & Mental Health, Volume 13, Issue 3 May 2009 , pages 349 - 356 Mental health literacy is fundamental to the pursuit of health. Little is known about patients' literacy levels regarding...

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Autosomal dominant spastic paraplegia with peripheral neuropathy maps to...

NEUROLOGY 2009;72:1893-1898 Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are genetically exceedingly heterogeneous. To date, 37 genetic loci for HSP have been described (SPG1-41), among them 16 loci for...

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Clinical features that distinguish PLS, upper motor neuron-dominant ALS, and...

NEUROLOGY 2009;72:1948-1952 To determine how clinical features at the first evaluation and in follow-up can be used to suggest a diagnostic outcome for patients with only upper motor neuron (UMN) signs...

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Longitudinal pattern of regional brain volume change differentiates normal...

NEUROLOGY 2009;72:1906-1913 Neuroimaging measures have potential as surrogate markers of disease through identification of consistent features that occur prior to clinical symptoms.

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Population-based study of risk and predictors of stroke in the first few...

NEUROLOGY 2009;72:1941-1947 Several recent guidelines recommend assessment of patients with TIA within 24 hours, but it is uncertain how many recurrent strokes occur within 24 hours.

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Teaching NeuroImages: The full-blown neuroimaging of Wernicke encephalopathy

NEUROLOGY 2009;72:e115 A 55-year-old man presented in a global confusional state and after 24 hours fell into deep coma. Laboratory findings, including alcohol level, were normal.

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Teaching Video NeuroImages: Dancing epilepsy

NEUROLOGY 2009;72:e114 A 39-year-old, right-handed man with refractory complex partial seizures after head trauma at age 15 was admitted for video-EEG monitoring. His girlfriend describes dancing...

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Podcast - Neuro-Optometry and Traumatic Brain Injury

Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST Guest: Neera Kapoor, O.D., M.S., FAAO, B.Sc, Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Raymond J. Greenwald Rehabilitation Center, SUNY- Optometry, New York....

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Variation in GIGYF2 is not associated with Parkinson disease

NEUROLOGY 2009;72:1886-1892 A recent study reported that mutations in a gene on chromosome 2q36-37, GIGYF2, result in Parkinson disease (PD).

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Memory and executive function predict mobility rehabilitation outcome after...

Disability & Rehabilitation, Volume 31, Issue 13 June 2009 , pages 1083 - 1091 Post-amputation rehabilitation is physically and cognitively demanding. Understanding which specific cognitive domains...

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Psychological intervention in young brain tumor survivors: The efficacy of...

Disability & Rehabilitation, Volume 31, Issue 13 June 2009 , pages 1066 - 1073 Cognitive and behavioural therapy (CBT) is often used to treat behavioural and emotional disorders in children, and...

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Meaning perspective transformation following stroke: the process of change

Disability & Rehabilitation, Volume 31, Issue 13 June 2009 , pages 1056 - 1065 Transformative Learning in an educational theory that posits that individuals learn and grow when their meaning...

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A biopsychosocial perspective on adjustment and quality of life following...

Disability & Rehabilitation, Volume 31, Issue 13 June 2009 , pages 1038 - 1055 To systematically evaluate the literature on quality of life and adjustment to brain tumor from a biopsychosocial...

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Utilisation of patient perspective to validate clinical measures of outcome...

Disability & Rehabilitation, Volume 31, Issue 12 June 2009 , pages 967 - 975 The purpose of this article is to utilise the perspective of persons with a spinal cord injury (SCI), gained from focus...

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Recovery after stroke: a 1-year profile

Disability & Rehabilitation, Volume 31, Issue 10 May 2009 , pages 831 - 839 To document the course of recovery in a group of first stroke patients, with stroke of moderate severity, over a 1-year...

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The UK FIM+FAM Extended Activities of Daily Living module: evaluation of...

Disability & Rehabilitation, Volume 31, Issue 10 May 2009 , pages 825 - 830 The UK Functional Assessment Measure (UK FIM+FAM) is a widely used outcome measure in brain injury rehabilitation. An...

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