Update in Neurology
Authors: Martin A. Samuels
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2007)

Updates16 January 2007Update in NeurologyMartin A. Samuels, MDMartin A. Samuels, MDFrom Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-146-2-200701160-00007 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail This year's Update in Neurology includes discussions of stroke, diabetic neuropathy, cancer neurology, headache, and multiple sclerosis.StrokeRecombinant Activated Factor VIIa Helped Patients with Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage Mayer SA , Brun NC , Begtrup K , ...References1. Terayama Y, Tanahashi N, Fukuuchi Y, Gotoh F. Prognostic value of admission blood pressure in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. Keio Cooperative Stroke Study. Stroke. 1997;28:1185-8. [PMID: 9183348] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Final report on the aspirin component of the ongoing Physicians' Health Study. Steering Committee of the Physicians' Health Study Research Group. N Engl J Med. 1989;321:129-35. [PMID: 2664509] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Stupp R, Dietrich PY, Ostermann Kraljevic S, Pica A, Maillard I, Maeder P, et al. Promising survival for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme treated with concomitant radiation plus temozolomide followed by adjuvant temozolomide. J Clin Oncol. 2002;20:1375-82. [PMID: 11870182] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Esteller M, Garcia-Foncillas J, Andion E, Goodman SN, Hidalgo OF, Vanaclocha V, et al. Inactivation of the DNA-repair gene MGMT and the clinical response of gliomas to alkylating agents. N Engl J Med. 2000;343:1350-4. [PMID: 11070098] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Hegi ME, Diserens AC, Godard S, Dietrich PY, Regli L, Ostermann S, et al. Clinical trial substantiates the predictive value of O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase promoter methylation in glioblastoma patients treated with temozolomide. Clin Cancer Res. 2004;10:1871-4. [PMID: 15041700] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. National Institutes of Health State of the Science Conference statement on Manifestations and Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults, June 13-15, 2005. Sleep. 2005;28:1049-57. [PMID: 16268373] Accessed at consensus.nih.gov/2005/2005InsomniaSOS026html.htm on 22 November 2006. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.Note: Some of these reviews are adapted from reviews that appeared in Journal Watch Neurology, Martin A. Samuels, MD, editor-in-chief, published by the Massachusetts Medical Society.Disclosures: None disclosed.Corresponding Author: Martin A. Samuels, MD, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 16 January 2007Volume 146, Issue 2Page: 128-132KeywordsAspirinHemorrhageHypertensionIschemic strokeMedical risk factorsMigraineNeuropathyStrokeTemozolomideThrombosis ePublished: 16 January 2007 Issue Published: 16 January 2007 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2007 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...