Neurological symptoms from autoimmune syndromes; movement disorders and OCD; counting strokes

Summary: <p>This month, editor Matthew Kiernan discusses new guidelines for recognising central nervous system neuronal surface antibody associated symptoms with Angela Vincent (emeritus professor of neuroimmunology at Oxford University).</p><p>Danielle Cath (psychiatrist at Altrecht Academic Anxiety Outpatients Clinics, Utrecht University) explains what her review of the relationship between obsessive compulsive disorder and movement disorders reveals.</p><p>And Charles Warlow (emeritus professor of medical neurology at the University of Edinburgh) looks back on his highly cited 1988 paper on incidence, outcome and type of stroke in Oxfordshire.</p><p>See also:</p><p>Central nervous system neuronal surface antibody associated syndromes: review and guidelines for recognition http://tinyurl.com/avn64sl</p><p>Relationship between movement disorders and obsessive–compulsive disorder: beyond the obsessive–compulsive–tic phenotype. A systematic review http://tinyurl.com/b8vk32g</p><p>A prospective study of acute cerebrovascular disease in the community: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project, 1981–86 http://tinyurl.com/ax26xlk</p>