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Volume 37, Issue 3; March 1, 2006

Editorials
Original Contributions
Research Reports
Special Reports
Cochrane Corner
Letters to the Editor
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	Editorials
	The New Standing Guideline Committee Policy of the American Stroke Association Stroke Council Jeffrey L. Saver and Larry B. Goldstein Stroke. 2006;37:753; published online before print February 2 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000206139.72100.f3. Full Text \| PDF
	Improving the Clinical Diagnosis of Stroke Larry B. Goldstein Stroke. 2006;37:754-755; published online before print February 16 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000209161.43107.29. Full Text \| PDF
	Chlamydia pneumoniae, Stroke, and Serological Associations: Anything Learned From the Atherosclerosis-Cardiovascular Literature or Do We Have to Start Over Again? Petra Apfalter Stroke. 2006;37:756-758; published online before print January 19 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000201970.88546.5e. Full Text \| PDF
	Looking Beyond the Lumen to Predict Cerebrovascular Events: "The Road Less Travelled By" Winfried A. Willinek Stroke. 2006;37:759-760; published online before print February 9 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000208558.95300.9a. Full Text \| PDF
	Original Contributions
	Distinguishing Between Stroke and Mimic at the Bedside: The Brain Attack Study Peter J. Hand, Joseph Kwan, Richard I. Lindley, Martin S. Dennis, and Joanna M. Wardlaw Stroke. 2006;37:769-775; published online before print February 16 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204041.13466.4c. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Interobserver Agreement for the Bedside Clinical Assessment of Suspected Stroke Peter J. Hand, Janneke A. Haisma, Joseph Kwan, Richard I. Lindley, Bart Lamont, Martin S. Dennis, and Joanna M. Wardlaw Stroke. 2006;37:776-780; published online before print February 16 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204042.41695.a1. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Characteristics of an "Ill-Defined" Diagnosis for Stroke: Opportunities for Improvement Henraya F. McGruder, Janet B. Croft, and Zhi-Jie Zheng Stroke. 2006;37:781-789; published online before print January 19 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202593.88022.b6. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae Is Associated With Risk of First Ischemic Stroke Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Maria Lucia C. Tondella, Daniel R. Feikin, Barry S. Fields, Shunichi Homma, and Marco R. Di Tullio Stroke. 2006;37:790-795; published online before print January 19 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202624.89869.e9. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection and Stroke in Cameroon: A Case-Control Study Alfred K. Njamnshi, Kathleen Ngu Blackett, Josephine N. Mbuagbaw, Freedom Gumedze, Sandeep Gupta, and Charles S. Wiysonge Stroke. 2006;37:796-799; published online before print February 9 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204223.04182.4a. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Prediction of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality: Comparison of the Internal Carotid Artery Resistive Index With the Common Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness Daniel Staub, Alessandro Meyerhans, Beat Bundi, Hans Peter Schmid, and Beat Frauchiger Stroke. 2006;37:800-805; published online before print January 26 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202589.47401.c6. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Stroke in Middle-Aged Men Sudhir Kurl, Jari A. Laukkanen, Leo Niskanen, David Laaksonen, Juhani Sivenius, Kristiina Nyyssönen, and Jukka T. Salonen Stroke. 2006;37:806-811; published online before print February 9 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204354.06965.44. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis in HIV-Infected Patients: Role of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Carlos Jericó, Hernando Knobel, Nahum Calvo, María L. Sorli, Ana Guelar, Juan L. Gimeno-Bayón, Pere Saballs, José L. López-Colomés, and Juan Pedro-Botet Stroke. 2006;37:812-817; published online before print January 26 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204037.26797.7f. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Association Between Carotid Plaque Characteristics and Subsequent Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events: A Prospective Assessment With MRI—Initial Results Norihide Takaya, Chun Yuan, Baocheng Chu, Tobias Saam, Hunter Underhill, Jianming Cai, Nam Tran, Nayak L. Polissar, Carol Isaac, Marina S. Ferguson, Gwenn A. Garden, Steven C. Cramer, Kenneth R. Maravilla, Beverly Hashimoto, and Thomas S. Hatsukami Stroke. 2006;37:818-823; published online before print February 9 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204638.91099.91. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Correlation of Cerebrovascular Symptoms and Microembolic Signals With the Stratified Gray-Scale Median Analysis and Color Mapping of the Carotid Plaque Roman Sztajzel, Isabelle Momjian-Mayor, Mario Comelli, and Shahan Momjian Stroke. 2006;37:824-829; published online before print February 2 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204277.86466.f0. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Upregulated Expression of 14-3-3 Proteins in Astrocytes From Human Cerebrovascular Ischemic Lesions Yasuhiro Kawamoto, Ichiro Akiguchi, Hidekazu Tomimoto, Yoshitomo Shirakashi, Yasuyuki Honjo, and Herbert Budka Stroke. 2006;37:830-835; published online before print January 19 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202587.63936.37. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Impact of White Matter Hyperintensities Scoring Method on Correlations With Clinical Data: The LADIS Study Elisabeth C.W. van Straaten, Franz Fazekas, Egill Rostrup, Philip Scheltens, Reinhold Schmidt, Leonardo Pantoni, Domenico Inzitari, Gunhild Waldemar, Timo Erkinjuntti, Riita Mäntylä, Lars-Olof Wahlund, Frederik Barkhof on behalf of the LADIS Group Stroke. 2006;37:836-840; published online before print January 26 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202585.26325.74. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Internal and Cortical Border-Zone Infarction: Clinical and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Features Seok Woo Yong, Oh Young Bang, Phil Hyu Lee, and Wen Yu Li Stroke. 2006;37:841-846; published online before print January 19 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202590.75972.39. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Hemorrhage in the Interventional Management of Stroke Study The IMS Study Investigators Stroke. 2006;37:847-851; published online before print January 26 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202586.69525.ae. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Outcome and Symptomatic Bleeding Complications of Intravenous Thrombolysis Within 6 Hours in MRI-Selected Stroke Patients: Comparison of a German Multicenter Study With the Pooled Data of ATLANTIS, ECASS, and NINDS tPA Trials Götz Thomalla, Christian Schwark, Jan Sobesky, Erich Bluhmki, Jochen B. Fiebach, Jens Fiehler, Olivier Zaro Weber, Thomas Kucinski, Eric Juettler, Peter A. Ringleb, Hermann Zeumer, Cornelius Weiller, Werner Hacke, Peter D. Schellinger, Joachim Röther for the MRI in Acute Stroke Study Group of the German Competence Network Stroke Stroke. 2006;37:852-858; published online before print January 26 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204120.79399.72. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Therapeutic Strategies After Examination by Transesophageal Echocardiography in 503 Patients With Ischemic Stroke Andreas Harloff, Michael Handke, Matthias Reinhard, Annette Geibel, and Andreas Hetzel Stroke. 2006;37:859-864; published online before print January 26 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202592.87021.b7. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	What Patients Want: Consumer Involvement in the Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Routine Oxygen Supplementation After Acute Stroke Khalid Ali, Christine Roffe, and Peter Crome Stroke. 2006;37:865-871; published online before print February 2 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204053.36966.80. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Anterior-Posterior Ground Reaction Forces as a Measure of Paretic Leg Contribution in Hemiparetic Walking Mark G. Bowden, Chitralakshmi K. Balasubramanian, Richard R. Neptune, and Steven A. Kautz Stroke. 2006;37:872-876; published online before print February 2 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204063.75779.8d. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Greater Incidence of Both Fatal and Nonfatal Strokes in Disadvantaged Areas: The Northeast Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study Amanda G. Thrift, Helen M. Dewey, Jonathan W. Sturm, Seana L. Paul, Amanda K. Gilligan, Velandai K. Srikanth, Richard A.L. Macdonell, John J. McNeil, Malcolm R. Macleod, and Geoffrey A. Donnan Stroke. 2006;37:877-882; published online before print January 19 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202588.95876.a7. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Stroke Onset Time Using Sodium MRI in Rat Focal Cerebral Ischemia Stephen C. Jones, Alexander Kharlamov, Boris Yanovski, D. Kyle Kim, Kirk A. Easley, Victor E. Yushmanov, Scott K. Ziolko, and Fernando E. Boada Stroke. 2006;37:883-888; published online before print January 19 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000198845.79254.0f. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Hydrogen Sulfide Is a Mediator of Cerebral Ischemic Damage Kun Qu, Christopher P.L.H. Chen, Barry Halliwell, Philip K. Moore, and Peter T.-H. Wong Stroke. 2006;37:889-893; published online before print January 26 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204184.34946.41. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Peroxynitrite Diminishes Myogenic Activity and Is Associated With Decreased Vascular Smooth Muscle F-Actin in Rat Posterior Cerebral Arteries Matthew J. Maneen, Rachael Hannah, Lisa Vitullo, Nicole DeLance, and Marilyn J. Cipolla Stroke. 2006;37:894-899; published online before print February 2 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204043.18592.0d. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Impaired Progression of Cerebral Aneurysms in Interleukin-1ß–Deficient Mice Takuya Moriwaki, Yasushi Takagi, Nobutake Sadamasa, Tomohiro Aoki, Kazuhiko Nozaki, and Nobuo Hashimoto Stroke. 2006;37:900-905; published online before print January 26 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204028.39783.d9. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Research Reports
	SERPINA3 Polymorphism Is Not Associated With Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage in a Polish Population Joanna Pera, Agnieszka Slowik, Tomasz Dziedzic, and Andrzej Szczudlik Stroke. 2006;37:906-907; published online before print January 19 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202655.64413.0c. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Ten-Year Incidence of Retinal Emboli in an Older Population Sudha Cugati, Jie Jin Wang, Elena Rochtchina, and Paul Mitchell Stroke. 2006;37:908-910; published online before print January 26 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204118.87477.46. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Cerebral Microhemorrhages Predict New Disabling or Fatal Strokes in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack Jean-Martin Boulanger, Shelagh B. Coutts, Michael Eliasziw, A.J. Gagnon, Jessica E. Simon, Suresh Subramaniam, Chul-Ho Sohn, James Scott, Andrew M. Demchuk for the VISION Study Group Stroke. 2006;37:911-914; published online before print February 9 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204237.66466.5f. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Role of CT Angiography in Thrombolysis Decision-Making for Patients With Presumed Seizure at Stroke Onset P.N. Sylaja, Imanuel Dzialowski, Andrea Krol, Jayanta Roy, Paolo Federico, Andrew M. Demchuk, and Calgary Stroke Program Stroke. 2006;37:915-917; published online before print February 2 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202678.86234.84. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	A Pilot Study of a New Thrombolytic Agent for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Taiwan Within A Five-Hour Window Han-Hwa Hu, Michael Mu-Huo Teng, Li-Chi Hsu, Wen-Jang Wong, Lee-Min Wang, Yun-On Luk, Chang-Ming Chern, Bing-Wen Soong, and Wen-Yung Sheng Stroke. 2006;37:918-919; published online before print January 19 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202591.18871.f7. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Using Change in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale to Measure Treatment Effect in Acute Stroke Trials Askiel Bruno, Chandan Saha, and Linda S. Williams Stroke. 2006;37:920-921; published online before print January 26 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202679.88377.e4. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Special Reports
	Therapy of Basilar Artery Occlusion: A Systematic Analysis Comparing Intra-Arterial and Intravenous Thrombolysis Perttu J. Lindsberg and Heinrich P. Mattle Stroke. 2006;37:922-928; published online before print January 26 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000202582.29510.6b. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Cochrane Corner
	Prevention and Treatment of Urinary Incontinence After Stroke in Adults Graeme J. Hankey, Lois H. Thomas, James Barrett, Stephen Cross, Beverley French, Michael Leathley, Christopher Sutton, and Caroline Watkins Stroke. 2006;37:929-930; published online before print February 2 2006, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000204113.54907.79. Full Text \| PDF
	Letters to the Editor
	Heterogeneity of Association Between MTHFR and Stroke Among European Regions: Additional Population Studies Are Needed in Italy Paolo Bosco, Guido Anello, Raffaele Ferri, Rosa-Maria Guéant-Rodriguez, Jean-Louis Guéant, Simon Cronin, and Peter Kelly Stroke. 2006;37:761-762. Full Text \| PDF
	There Is More to it Than: the Greater the Infarction Volume, the More Probable Is a Malignant MCA Infarction Bert Bosche, Gerhard F. Hamann, Christian Dohmen, Rudolf Graf, Joaquín Serena, Mar Castellanos, José Castillo, Miguel Blanco, and Antonio Dávalos Stroke. 2006;37:762-764. Full Text \| PDF
	Intra-arterial Thrombolysis in Late Pregnancy Mauro Bergui, Gianni Boris Bradac, David M. Johnson, and David C. Kramer Stroke. 2006;37:764-765. Full Text \| PDF
	Formal Dysphagia Screening Protocols Prevent Pneumonia Lin Perry, Sharon Hamilton, and Jane Williams Stroke. 2006;37:765. Full Text \| PDF
	Publishing Rehabilitation Randomized Controlled Trials Robert W. Teasell, Jeffrey Jutai, Katherine Salter, Norine Foley, and Vladimir Hachinski Stroke. 2006;37:766. Full Text \| PDF
	Cataract Surgery After Acute Stroke: Maybe More Than a Coincidence Liang-Kung Chen, Alastair Mitchell Buchan, Shinn-Jang Hwang, and Janice Hinkle Stroke. 2006;37:766-767. Full Text \| PDF
	Potential Role for TCD-Directed Antiplatelet Agents in Symptomatic Carotid Artery Dissection Christopher H.E. Imray and Kyle T.S. Pattinson Stroke. 2006;37:767. Full Text \| PDF
	Magnetic Resonance Direct Thrombus Imaging in Moderate Carotid Artery Stenosis Lucy R. Daniels, John R. Gladman, Nishath Altaf, and Alan R. Moody Stroke. 2006;37:767-768. Full Text \| PDF
	Corrections
	Correction Stroke. 2006;37:931, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000208523.66512.af. Full Text \| PDF
	Correction Stroke. 2006;37:932, doi:10.1161/01.str.0000208524.36971.c1. Full Text \| PDF

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Volume 37, Issue 3; March 1, 2006

Editorials

The New Standing Guideline Committee Policy of the American Stroke Association Stroke Council

Improving the Clinical Diagnosis of Stroke

Chlamydia pneumoniae, Stroke, and Serological Associations: Anything Learned From the Atherosclerosis-Cardiovascular Literature or Do We Have to Start Over Again?

Looking Beyond the Lumen to Predict Cerebrovascular Events: "The Road Less Travelled By"

Original Contributions

Distinguishing Between Stroke and Mimic at the Bedside: The Brain Attack Study

Interobserver Agreement for the Bedside Clinical Assessment of Suspected Stroke

Characteristics of an "Ill-Defined" Diagnosis for Stroke: Opportunities for Improvement

Seropositivity to Chlamydia pneumoniae Is Associated With Risk of First Ischemic Stroke

Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection and Stroke in Cameroon: A Case-Control Study

Prediction of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality: Comparison of the Internal Carotid Artery Resistive Index With the Common Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness

Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Stroke in Middle-Aged Men

Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis in HIV-Infected Patients: Role of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy

Association Between Carotid Plaque Characteristics and Subsequent Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events: A Prospective Assessment With MRI—Initial Results

Correlation of Cerebrovascular Symptoms and Microembolic Signals With the Stratified Gray-Scale Median Analysis and Color Mapping of the Carotid Plaque

Upregulated Expression of 14-3-3 Proteins in Astrocytes From Human Cerebrovascular Ischemic Lesions

Impact of White Matter Hyperintensities Scoring Method on Correlations With Clinical Data: The LADIS Study

Internal and Cortical Border-Zone Infarction: Clinical and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Features

Hemorrhage in the Interventional Management of Stroke Study

Outcome and Symptomatic Bleeding Complications of Intravenous Thrombolysis Within 6 Hours in MRI-Selected Stroke Patients: Comparison of a German Multicenter Study With the Pooled Data of ATLANTIS, ECASS, and NINDS tPA Trials

Therapeutic Strategies After Examination by Transesophageal Echocardiography in 503 Patients With Ischemic Stroke

What Patients Want: Consumer Involvement in the Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Routine Oxygen Supplementation After Acute Stroke

Anterior-Posterior Ground Reaction Forces as a Measure of Paretic Leg Contribution in Hemiparetic Walking

Greater Incidence of Both Fatal and Nonfatal Strokes in Disadvantaged Areas: The Northeast Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study

Stroke Onset Time Using Sodium MRI in Rat Focal Cerebral Ischemia

Hydrogen Sulfide Is a Mediator of Cerebral Ischemic Damage

Peroxynitrite Diminishes Myogenic Activity and Is Associated With Decreased Vascular Smooth Muscle F-Actin in Rat Posterior Cerebral Arteries

Impaired Progression of Cerebral Aneurysms in Interleukin-1ß–Deficient Mice

Research Reports

SERPINA3 Polymorphism Is Not Associated With Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage in a Polish Population

Ten-Year Incidence of Retinal Emboli in an Older Population

Cerebral Microhemorrhages Predict New Disabling or Fatal Strokes in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

Role of CT Angiography in Thrombolysis Decision-Making for Patients With Presumed Seizure at Stroke Onset

A Pilot Study of a New Thrombolytic Agent for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Taiwan Within A Five-Hour Window

Using Change in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale to Measure Treatment Effect in Acute Stroke Trials

Special Reports

Therapy of Basilar Artery Occlusion: A Systematic Analysis Comparing Intra-Arterial and Intravenous Thrombolysis

Cochrane Corner

Prevention and Treatment of Urinary Incontinence After Stroke in Adults

Letters to the Editor

Heterogeneity of Association Between MTHFR and Stroke Among European Regions: Additional Population Studies Are Needed in Italy

There Is More to it Than: the Greater the Infarction Volume, the More Probable Is a Malignant MCA Infarction

Intra-arterial Thrombolysis in Late Pregnancy

Formal Dysphagia Screening Protocols Prevent Pneumonia

Publishing Rehabilitation Randomized Controlled Trials

Cataract Surgery After Acute Stroke: Maybe More Than a Coincidence

Potential Role for TCD-Directed Antiplatelet Agents in Symptomatic Carotid Artery Dissection

Magnetic Resonance Direct Thrombus Imaging in Moderate Carotid Artery Stenosis

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