By Professor Roy Gary Beran

Journal articles

Choong H; Hanna I; Beran R, 2015, 'Importance of cardiological evaluation for first seizures', WORLD JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CASES, 3, pp. 381 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v3.i4.381

Beran RG, 2015, 'Author reply', Internal Medicine Journal, 45, pp. 467 - 467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.12722

Beran RG, 2015, 'SUDEP revisited - A decade on: Have circumstances changed?', Seizure, 27, pp. 47 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2015.02.009

Beran RG, 2015, 'Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy', Epilepsy and Behavior, 44, pp. 251 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.12.001

Kim JM; Chung SJ; Kim JW; Jeon BS; Singh P; Thierfelder S; Ikeda J; Bauer L; Sohn YH; Lee MS; Kim SJ; Cho JW; Kim HT; Park KW; Lee HW; Irene L; Abd Aziz ZB; Sim SH; Tsai CH; Zheng TJ; Wu RM; Schwartz R; Beran R; Evans A; Hayes M; Tan L; Tan EK, 2015, 'Rotigotine transdermal system as add-on to oral dopamine agonist in advanced Parkinson's disease: An open-label study', BMC Neurology, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-015-0267-7

Malkan A; Cappelen-Smith C; Beran R; Griffith N; Toong C; Wang MX; Cordato D, 2015, 'Anti-synthetase syndrome associated with anti PL-12 and anti-Signal recognition particle antibodies and a necrotizing auto-immune myositis', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 22, pp. 396 - 398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2014.04.031

Beran R, 2015, 'Paraesthesia and peripheral neuropathy', Australian Family Physician, 44, pp. 92 - 95

Stepanova D; Beran RG, 2015, 'The benefits of antiepileptic drug (AED) blood level monitoring to complement clinical management of people with epilepsy', Epilepsy and Behavior, 42, pp. 7 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.09.069

Beran RG, 2015, 'Traumatic brain injury – A time to reappraise – A wake-up call', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 23, pp. 20 - 24

Malkan A; Beran RG, 2014, 'An appraisal of the new operational definition of epilepsy-Then and now', Epilepsy and Behavior, 41, pp. 217 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.09.084

Beran RG, 2014, 'Mandatory notification of impaired doctors', Internal Medicine Journal, 44, pp. 1161 - 1165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.12604

Beran R, 2014, 'Management of chronic headache', Australian Family Physician, 43, pp. 106 - 110

Confavreux C; O'Connor P; Comi G; Freedman MS; Miller AE; Olsson TP; Wolinsky JS; Bagulho T; Delhay J-L; Dukovic D; Truffinet P; Kappos L, 2014, 'Oral teriflunomide for patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (TOWER): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial', LANCET NEUROLOGY, 13, pp. 247 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70308-9

Patel V; Cordato DJ; Malkan A; Beran RG, 2014, 'Rectal carbamazepine as effective long-acting treatment after cluster seizures and status epilepticus', Epilepsy and Behavior, 31, pp. 31 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.10.027

Stepanova D; Beran RG, 2014, 'Measurement of levetiracetam drug levels to assist with seizure control and monitoring of drug interactions with other anti-epileptic medications (AEMs)', Seizure, 23, pp. 371 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2014.02.003

Beran RG, 2014, 'Problem gambling', Australian Family Physician, 43, pp. 749 - 750

Malkan A; Cordato D; Griffith N; Cappelen-Smith C; Toong C; Beran R, 2014, '10. Anti-synthetase syndrome associated with necrotizing myositis – Utility of myositis specific autoantibodies in predicting prognosis and choice of treatment', Clinical Neurophysiology, 125, pp. e4 - e4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2013.10.032

Storrier S; Beran RG, 2013, 'Compulsive gambling possibly associated with antiepileptic medication', Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2, pp. 15 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2013.11.002

Kosgallana AD; Mallik S; Patel V; Beran RG, 2013, 'Heat stroke induced cerebellar dysfunction: A "forgotten syndrome"', WORLD JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CASES, 1, pp. 260 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v1.i8.260

Beran RG, 2013, 'Analysis of the latest austroads guidelines for fitness to drive as promulgated in March 2012', Internal Medicine Journal, 43, pp. 849 - 853, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.12177

Cordato DJ; Djekic ; Taneja SR; Maley M; Beran RG; Cappelen-Smith C; Griffith N; Hanna IY; Hodgkinson SJ; Worthington JM; Mcdougall AJ, 2013, 'Prevalence of positive syphilis serology and meningovascular neurosyphilis in patients admitted with stroke and TIA from a culturally diverse population (2005–09)', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 20, pp. 943 - 947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2012.08.011

Beran RG; Hegazi Y; Schwartz R; Cordato DJ, 2013, 'Rebound exacerbation multiple sclerosis following cessation of oral treatment', Multiple Sclerosis, 2, pp. 252 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2012.11.001

Beran RG; Braley T; Segal B; Chervin R, 2013, 'Sleep-disordered breathing in multiple sclerosis', Neurology, 80, pp. 1354 - 1355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000428978.31271.8a

Radue E-W; O'Connor P; Polman CH; Hohlfeld R; Calabresi P; Selmaj K; Mueller-Lenke N; Agoropoulou C; Holdbrook F; de Vera A; Zhang-Auberson L; Francis G; Burtin P; Kappos L, 2012, 'Impact of Fingolimod Therapy on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Outcomes in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis', ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY, 69, pp. 1259 - 1269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archneurol.2012.1051

Devonshire V; Havrdova E; Radue EW; O'Connor P; Zhang-Auberson L; Agoropoulou C; Haering DA; Francis G; Kappos L, 2012, 'Relapse and disability outcomes in patients with multiple sclerosis treated with fingolimod: subgroup analyses of the double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled FREEDOMS study', LANCET NEUROLOGY, 11, pp. 420 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70056-X

Beran RG, 2012, 'Pharmaceutical excipients', Australian Prescriber, 35, pp. 5 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2012.004

Patel V; Cordato DJ; Dias M; Beran RG, 2012, 'Changed constitution without change in brand name — The risk of generics in epilepsy', Epilepsy Research, 98, pp. 269 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.09.019

Ghia D; Thomas PC; Cordato DJ; Epstein D; Beran RG; Cappelen-Smith C; Griffith N; Hanna I; Mcdougall AJ; Hodgkinson SJ; Worthington JM, 2012, 'Low positive predictive value of the ABCD2 score in Emergency Department TIA diagnoses - South West Sydney (SWS) TIA Study', Internal Medicine Journal, 42, pp. 913 - 918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02564.x

Beran RG; Djekic ; Bishop R, 2012, 'Membership survey of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine: Quality assurance', Journal of forensic and legal Medicine, 19, pp. 345 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2012.02.026

Uppal T; Pickering A; Erasmus K; Pardey J; Beran RG, 2012, 'The legal status of the fetus in New South Wales', Journal of Law and Medicine, 20, pp. 178 - 183

Beran R, 2011, 'Functional neurological symptoms', Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 41, pp. 283 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.4997/JRCPE.2011.323

Beran RG, 2011, ''Prolactinoma: Are dopamine agonists still first choice?'', Internal Medicine Journal, 41, pp. 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02575.x

Ng YT; Conry JA; Drummond R; Stolle J; Weinberg MA, 2011, 'Randomized, phase III study results of clobazam in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome', NEUROLOGY, 77, pp. 1473 - 1481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e318232de76

Khatri B; Barkhof F; Comi G; Hartung H-P; Kappos L; Montalban X; Pelletier J; Stites T; Wu S; Holdbrook F; Zhang-Auberson L; Francis G; Cohen JA; Cohen J; Barkhof F; Comi G; Hartung HP; Khatri B; Montalban X; Pelletier J; Easton D; Calandra T; DiMarco J; Hudson L; Kesselring J; Laupacis A; Temkin N; Weinshenker B; Zarbin M; Barkhof F; Poppe P; Luetic G; Cristiano E; Caceres F; Garcea O; Correale J; Ballario C; Piedrabuena R; Pollard J; Beran R; Hodgkinson S; Schwartz R; Heard R; King J; Butzkueven H; Maida EM; Vass K; Franta-Elmer C; Berger T; Aichner F; Ladurner G; Bissay V; Sindic C; D'Hooghe M; Mulleners E; Damasceno B; Barreira A; Naylor R; Alvarenga R; Bacellar A; Haussen S; Duquette P; Antel J; Lamontagne A; Grand'maison F; Freedman M; Christie S; O'Connor P; Vorobeychik G; Devonshire V; Ramadan M; Hamdy S; Reda E; Hashem S; Fouad M; Lebrun-Frenay C; Pelletier J; Clanet M; Brochet B; Debouverie M; Heinzlef O; Ziemssen T; Koehler W; Tiel-Wilck K; Bachus R; Altmann N; Faiss J; Baum K; Dressel A; Luckner K; Ebke M; Stangel M; Hartung HP; Diener HC; Bethke F; Limmroth V; Maschke M; Thoemke F; Reifschneider G; Diehm R; Wildemann B; Melms A; Rauer S; Karlbauer G; Berthele A; Lang M; Tumani H; Krauseneck P; Klein M; Papadimitriou A; Karageorgiou K; Liakopoulos D; Tascos N; Plaitakis A; Papathanasopoulos P; Panczel G; Jakab G; Csiba L; Komoly S; Csanyi A; Bartos L; Centonze D; Pozzilli C; Marrosu MG; Bertolotto A; Mancardi G; Scarpini E; Comi G; Protti A; Ghezzi A; Capra R; Bergamaschi R; Gallo P; Stecchi S; Montanari E; Tola MR; Amato MP; Silvestrini M; Lugaresi A; Trojano M; Morra VB; Ruggieri S; Patti F; Kim SM; Lee KH; Park SP; Ginestal R; Salgado AV; Fontoura P; Cunha L; Sousa L; Sa MJ; Pedrosa R; Montalban X; Arbizu T; Arroyo R; Merino JA; Fernandez O; Izquierdo G; Casanova B; Antiguedad A; Goebels N; Kappos L; Young C; Lee M; Chaudhuri A; Nicholas R; Martinez AC; Preiningerova J; Greco D; Gross J; Newman S; Mitchell G; Pawar G; Freedman SM; Kaufman M; Absher J; Kantor D; Ayala R; Honeycutt W; Shafer S; Steingo B; Delgado S; Cascione M; Brock C; Keegan A; LaGanke C; Hunter S; Wilson E; Cohen J; Mazhari A; Bauer W; Khatri B; Singer B; Lynch S; Rowe V; Hutton G; Gazda S; Dihenia B; Campagnolo D; Chippendale T; Ash P; Jung L; Olek M, 2011, 'Comparison of fingolimod with interferon beta-1a in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a randomised extension of the TRANSFORMS study', LANCET NEUROLOGY, 10, pp. 520 - 529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70099-0

Devonshire V; Lapierre Y; Macdonell R; Ramo-Tello C; Patti F; Fontoura P; Suchet L; Hyde R; Balla I; Frohman EM; Kieseier BC, 2011, 'The Global Adherence Project (GAP): a multicenter observational study on adherence to disease-modifying therapies in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, 18, pp. 69 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03110.x

Fernandes PT; Snape DA; Beran RG; Jacoby A, 2011, 'Epilepsy stigma: What do we know and where next?', Epilepsy and Behavior, 22, pp. 55 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.02.014

Beran RG, 2011, 'Legal medicine: How to prepare a report', Australian Family Physician, 40, pp. 246 - 248, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21597538

Beran RG; Spira PJ, 2011, 'Levetiracetam in chronic daily headache: A double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled study', Cephalalgia, 31, pp. 530 - 536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0333102410384886

Beran RG, 2011, 'Prolactinoma: are dopamine agonists still first choice?', Internal Medicine, 41, pp. 757 - 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02575

G Beran R, 2011, 'The Use of Drug Levels to Treat Cluster Seizures in Epilepsy Management', Journal of Neurology & Neurophysiology, 02, http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9562.s2-001

Kappos L; Radue E-W; O'Connor P; Polman C; Hohlfeld R; Calabresi P; Selmaj K; Agoropoulou C; Leyk M; Zhang-Auberson L; Burtin P, 2010, 'A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Oral Fingolimod in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis', NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 362, pp. 387 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0909494

Cohen JA; Barkhof F; Comi G; Hartung H-P; Khatri BO; Montalban X; Pelletier J; Capra R; Gallo P; Izquierdo G; Tiel-Wilck K; de Vera A; Jin J; Stites T; Wu S; Aradhye S; Kappos L, 2010, 'Oral Fingolimod or Intramuscular Interferon for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis', NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 362, pp. 402 - 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0907839

Beran R, 2010, 'Health law in the 21st century', Medicine and Law, 29, pp. 129 - 139

Malhotraa R; Ghia D; Cordato DJ; Beran RG, 2010, 'Glyphosate-surfactant herbicide-induced reversible encephalopathy.', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 17, pp. 1472 - 1473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2010.02.026

Beran RG, 2010, 'Neurology in Aviation', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 18, pp. 18 - 22, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=890470677577737;res=IELHEA

Beran RG, 2010, 'Privacy within the first decade of the Twenty-First Century', Principles of Addictions and the Law, pp. 75 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-496736-6.00005-0

Ghia D; Thomas P; Cordato DJ; Worthington JM; Cappelen-Smith C; Griffith N; Hanna IY; Hodgkinson SJ; Mcdougall AJ; Beran RG, 2010, 'Validation of Emergency and Final Diagnosis Coding in Transient Ischemic Attack: South Western Sydney Transient Ischemic Attack Study', Neuroepidemiology, 35, pp. 53 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000310338

Beran RG, 2010, 'What is legal medicine – Are legal and forensic medicine the same?', Journal of forensic and legal Medicine, 17, pp. 137 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2009.09.011

Gander P; Bruck D; Baulk S; Beran R; Horne R; Howard M; Rogers N, 2009, 'Strategies for developing sleep research', Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 7, pp. 260 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-8425.2009.00423.x

Beran RG, 2009, 'Conflict of interests--criticising the critics.', Medicine and law, 28, pp. 557 - 563

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