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Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 9, Pages 619-720 (05 November 2009)

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Editorial Board
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Announcement


The XVIII WFN World Congress on Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders: Improving long-term outcome
page 619
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Editorial


No need to droop your head in Parkinson's disease?
Wolfgang N. Loscher, Gregor K. Wenning
page 620
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Review


Spinocerebellar ataxia 8: Variable phenotype and unique pathogenesis
Amitabh Gupta, Joseph Jankovic
pages 621-626
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Papers


A Swedish family with de novo α-synuclein A53T mutation: Evidence for early cortical dysfunction
Andreas Puschmann, Owen A. Ross, Carles Vilariño-Güell, Sarah J. Lincoln, Jennifer M. Kachergus, Stephanie A. Cobb, Suzanne G. Lindquist, Jørgen E. Nielsen, Zbigniew K. Wszolek, Matthew Farrer, Håkan Widner, Danielle van Westen, Douglas Hägerström, Katerina Markopoulou, Bruce A. Chase, Karin Nilsson, Jan Reimer, Christer Nilsson
pages 627-632
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Histopathological analysis of skeletal muscle in patients with Parkinson's disease and ‘dropped head’/‘bent spine’ syndrome
Hans-Jürgen Gdynia, Anne-Dorte Sperfeld, Alexander Unrath, Albert C. Ludolph, Michael Sabolek, Alexander Storch, Jan Kassubek
pages 633-639
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Performance on an Alzheimer-selective odor identification test in patients with Parkinson's disease and its relationship with cerebral dopamine transporter activity
Kelvin L. Chou, Nicolaas I. Bohnen
pages 640-643
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Health-related quality of life and alternative forms of exercise in Parkinson disease
Madeleine E. Hackney, Gammon M. Earhart
pages 644-648
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A chemical chaperone, sodium 4-phenylbutyric acid, attenuates the pathogenic potency in human α-synuclein A30P+A53T transgenic mice
Kazuhiko Ono, Miyuki Ikemoto, Takeshi Kawarabayashi, Masaki Ikeda, Takuya Nishinakagawa, Masato Hosokawa, Mikio Shoji, Mitsuo Takahashi, Manabu Nakashima
pages 649-654
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The current prevalence and factors associated with tardive dyskinesia among Filipino schizophrenic patients
Criscely L. Go, Raymond L. Rosales, Rico J. Caraos, Hubert H. Fernandez
pages 655-659
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Diabetes preceding Parkinson's disease onset. A case–control study
Marco D'Amelio, Paolo Ragonese, Graziella Callari, Norma Di Benedetto, Barbara Palmeri, Valeria Terruso, Giuseppe Salemi, Giorgia Famoso, Paolo Aridon, Giovanni Savettieri
pages 660-664
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Effects of optimism/pessimism and locus of control on disability and quality of life in Parkinson's disease
Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, Jian Ye, Karen E. Anderson, Lisa M. Shulman
pages 665-669
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Sleep disturbances in Malaysian patients with Parkinson's disease using polysomnography and PDSS
M.I. Norlinah, K. Nor Afidah, A.T. Noradina, A.S. Shamsul, B.B. Hamidon, R. Sahathevan, A.A. Raymond
pages 670-674
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The role of rehabilitation in deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for Parkinson's disease: A pilot study
Cristina Tassorelli, Simona Buscone, Giorgio Sandrini, Claudio Pacchetti, Anna Furnari, Roberta Zangaglia, Michelangelo Bartolo, Giuseppe Nappi, Emilia Martignoni
pages 675-681
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Integration deficiencies associated with continuous limb movement sequences in Parkinson's disease
Jin-Hoon Park, George E. Stelmach
pages 682-687
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Enhanced cued recall and clock drawing test performances differ in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease-related cognitive dysfunction
Esen Saka, Bülent Elibol
pages 688-691
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Evaluation of gastric emptying in familial and sporadic Parkinson disease
Anna Krygowska-Wajs, William P. Cheshire, Zbigniew K. Wszolek, Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk, Barbara Jasinska-Myga, Matthew J. Farrer, Marek Moskala, Anna Sowa-Staszczak
pages 692-696
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Plantar cutaneous sensory stimulation improves single-limb support time, and EMG activation patterns among individuals with Parkinson's disease
M.E. Jenkins, Q.J. Almeida, S.J. Spaulding, R.B. van Oostveen, J.D. Holmes, A.M. Johnson, S.D. Perry
pages 697-702
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Short Communications


GIGYF2 mutations are not a frequent cause of familial Parkinson's disease
Alessio Di Fonzo, Edito Fabrizio, Astrid Thomas, Emiliana Fincati, Roberto Marconi, Michele Tinazzi, Guido J. Breedveld, Erik J. Simons, Hsin F. Chien, Joaquim J. Ferreira, Martin W. Horstink, Giovanni Abbruzzese, Barbara Borroni, Giovanni Cossu, Alessio Dalla Libera, Giovanni Fabbrini, Marco Guidi, Michele De Mari, Leonardo Lopiano, Emilia Martignoni, Paolo Marini, Marco Onofrj, Alessandro Padovani, Fabrizio Stocchi, Vincenzo Toni, Cristina Sampaio, Egberto R. Barbosa, Giuseppe Meco, The Italian Parkinson Genetics Network, Ben A. Oostra, Vincenzo Bonifati
pages 703-705
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Cardiac sympathetic denervation and its association with cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease
Joong-Seok Kim, Yong-Soo Shim, In-Uk Song, Ji-Yeon Yoo, Hee-Tae Kim, Yeong-In Kim, Kwang-Soo Lee
pages 706-708
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Weight changes associated with unilateral STN DBS and advanced PD
Harrison C. Walker, Michael Lyerly, Gary Cutter, Johnson Hagood, Natividad P. Stover, Stephanie L. Guthrie, Barton L. Guthrie, Ray L. Watts
pages 709-711
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Is heart rate variability related to gait impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease? A pilot study
M.B. Aerts, N.E. Synhaeve, A. Mirelman, B.R. Bloem, N. Giladi, J.M. Hausdorff
pages 712-715
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Letters to the Editor


Peripheral myoclonus and muscle hypertrophy of quadriceps revealing a spinal dysraphism
N. Gouider-Khouja, S. Gabsi-Gherairi
pages 716-717
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Serpentine tongue: A rare manifestation following initiation of levodopa therapy in a patient with Parkinson's disease
D.K. Prashantha, Pramod Kumar Pal
pages 718-719
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