Stroke welcomes Letters to the Editor and will publish them, if suitable, as space permits. They should not exceed 750 words (including references) and may be subject to editing or abridgment. Please submit letters in duplicate, typed double-spaced. Include a fax number for the corresponding author and a completed copyright transfer agreement form (available online at 1. Quinn TJ, Cameron AC, Dawson J, Lees KR, Walters MR. ABCD2 scores and prediction of noncerebrovascular diagnoses in an

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... ent population: a case controlled study. Stroke. 2009;40:749 -753. 2. Rothwell PM, Giles MF, Flosmann E, Lovelock CE, Redgrave JN, Warlow CP, Mehta Z. A simple score (ABCD) to identify individuals at high early risk of stroke after transient ischaemic attack. Lancet. 2005;366:29 -36. 3. Rothwell PM, Giles MF, Chandravetha A. Effect of urgent treatment of transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke on early recurrent stroke (EXPRESS study): a prostective population based sequential comparison. Stott D, Langhorne P. Use of the ABCD2 score in screening for minor stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) referrals to a fast track TIA clinic. Cerebrovascular Disease. 2008;25(suppl 2):1. (Stroke. 2009;40:e467.)