ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO REVIEWERS:

Robert C. Griggs, Karl Kieburtz, Charles Duffy, Leon Epstein, and Michael McDermott

Message of gratitude from the editors to our ad hoc reviewers
Neurology 1998 50: 579-582. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Douglas J. Lanska and Arthur J. Hartz

Measurement of quality in health care
Neurology 1998 50: 584-587. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Randy H. Kardon

Drop the Alzheimer's drop test
Neurology 1998 50: 588-591. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

Justin A. Zivin

Factors determining the therapeutic window for stroke
Neurology 1998 50: 599-603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sam Hutton and Christopher Kennard

Oculomotor abnormalities in schizophrenia: A critical review
Neurology 1998 50: 604-609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seemant Chaturvedi and Vladimir Hachinski

Does the neurologist add value to the carotid endarterectomy patient?
Neurology 1998 50: 610-613. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EXPEDITED PUBLICATION:

William R. Kennedy, Milton Alter, and Joo Ho Sung

Progressive proximal spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy of late onset: A sex-linked recessive trait
Neurology 1998 50: 583. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gregory L. Krauss, Mary A. Johnson, and Neil R. Miller

Vigabatrin-associated retinal cone system dysfunction: Electroretinogram and ophthalmologic findings
Neurology 1998 50: 614-618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

J. A. Hinchey, A. J. Furlan, J. I. Frank, R. Kay, D. Misch, and C. Hill

Is in-hospital stroke mortality an accurate measure of quality of care?
Neurology 1998 50: 619-625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Yasaka, G. J. O'Keefe, B. R. Chambers, S. M. Davis, B. Infeld, H. O'Malley, A. E. Baird, T. Hirano, G. A. Donnan, and The Australian Streptokinase Trial Study Group

Streptokinase in acute stroke: Effect on reperfusion and recanalization
Neurology 1998 50: 626-632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. A. Detre, D. C. Alsop, L. R. Vives, L. Maccotta, J. W. Teener, and E. C. Raps

Noninvasive MRI evaluation of cerebral blood flow in cerebrovascular disease
Neurology 1998 50: 633-641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Ferrario, M. Molaschi, L. Villa, O. Varetto, C. Bogetto, and R. Nuzzi

Is videopupillography useful in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease?
Neurology 1998 50: 642-644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

The Dana Consortium on the Therapy of HIV Dementia and Related Cognitive Disorders*

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of deprenyl and thioctic acid in human immunodeficiency virus-associated cognitive impairment
Neurology 1998 50: 645-651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Claudia F. Lucchinetti, David W. Kimmel, and Vanda A. Lennon

Paraneoplastic and oncologic profiles of patients seropositive for type 1 antineuronal nuclear autoantibodies
Neurology 1998 50: 652-657. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Q. Beversdorf and Kenneth M. Heilman

Progressive ventral posterior cortical degeneration presenting as alexia for music and words
Neurology 1998 50: 657-659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Freedman, D. Rewilak, T. Xerri, S. Cohen, A. S. Gordon, M. Shandling, and A. G. Logan

L-deprenyl in Alzheimer's disease: Cognitive and behavioral effects
Neurology 1998 50: 660-668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. R. Farlow, D. K. Lahiri, J. Poirier, J. Davignon, L. Schneider, and S. L. Hui

Treatment outcome of tacrine therapy depends on apolipoprotein genotype and gender of the subjects with Alzheimer's disease
Neurology 1998 50: 669-677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paul R. McCrory and Samuel F. Berkovic

Second impact syndrome
Neurology 1998 50: 677-683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Brown, L. Cervenáková, L. McShane, L. G. Goldfarb, K. Bishop, F. Bastian, J. Kirkpatrick, P. Piccardo, B. Ghetti, and D. C. Gajdusek

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a husband and wife
Neurology 1998 50: 684-688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Rossi, G. Macchi, M. Porro, G. Giaccone, M. Bugiani, E. Scarpini, G. Scarlato, G. E. Molini, F. Sasanelli, O. Bugiani, and F. Tagliavini

Fatal familial insomnia: Genetic, neuropathologic, and biochemical study of a patient from a new Italian kindred
Neurology 1998 50: 688-692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. Wildemann, J. Haas, N. Lynen, K. Stingele, and B. Storch-Hagenlocher

Diagnosis of cytomegalovirus encephalitis in patients with AIDS by quantitation of cytomegalovirus genomes in cells of cerebrospinal fluid
Neurology 1998 50: 693-697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C.-C. Huang, N.-S. Chu, C.-S. Lu, R.-S. Chen, and D. B. Calne

Long-term progression in chronic manganism: Ten years of follow-up
Neurology 1998 50: 698-700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. P. Johnson, B. R. Brooks, J. A. Cohen, C. C. Ford, J. Goldstein, R. P. Lisak, L. W. Myers, H. S. Panitch, J. W. Rose, R. B. Schiffer, T. Vollmer, L. P. Weiner, J. S. Wolinsky, and The Copolymer 1 Multiple Sclerosis Study Group*

Extended use of glatiramer acetate (Copaxone) is well tolerated and maintains its clinical effect on multiple sclerosis relapse rate and degree of disability
Neurology 1998 50: 701-708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Söderström, Jin Ya-Ping, J. Hillert, and H. Link

Optic neuritis: Prognosis for multiple sclerosis from MRI, CSF, and HLA findings
Neurology 1998 50: 708-714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shozo Tobimatsu and Motohiro Kato

Multimodality visual evoked potentials in evaluating visual dysfunction in optic neuritis
Neurology 1998 50: 715-718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Dessa Sadovnick, Irene M.L. Yee, George C. Ebers, and Neil J. Risch

Effect of age at onset and parental disease status on sibling risks for MS
Neurology 1998 50: 719-723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A.C.B. Peters, O. F. Brouwer, A. T. Geerts, W. F.M. Arts, H. Stroink, and C. A. van Donselaar

Randomized prospective study of early discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs in children with epilepsy
Neurology 1998 50: 724-730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Y. M. Hart, F. Andermann, Y. Robitaille, K. D. Laxer, T. Rasmussen, and R. Davis

Double pathology in Rasmussen's syndrome: A window on the etiology?
Neurology 1998 50: 731-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. C. Hesdorffer, G. Logroscino, G. Cascino, J. F. Annegers, and W. A. Hauser

Incidence of status epilepticus in Rochester, Minnesota, 1965-1984
Neurology 1998 50: 735-741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

W. Serles, E. Pataraia, J. Bacher, A. Olbrich, S. Aull, J. Lehrner, F. Leutmezer, L. Deecke, and C. Baumgartner

Clinical seizure lateralization in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Differences between patients with unitemporal and bitemporal interictal spikes
Neurology 1998 50: 742-747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. S. Ho, R. I. Kuzniecky, F. Gilliam, E. Faught, and R. Morawetz

Temporal lobe developmental malformations and epilepsy: Dual pathology and bilateral hippocampal abnormalities
Neurology 1998 50: 748-754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. M. Li, F. Cendes, A. Cunha Bastos, F. Andermann, F. Dubeau, and D. L. Arnold

Neuronal metabolic dysfunction in patients with cortical developmental malformations: A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging study
Neurology 1998 50: 755-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Young, F. Stögbauer, H. Wiebusch, A. Löfgren, V. Timmerman, C. Van Broeckhoven, E. B. Ringelstein, G. Assmann, and H. Funke

PCR-based strategy for the diagnosis of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A
Neurology 1998 50: 760-763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael I. Levin, Tahseen Mozaffar, Muhammed Taher Al-Lozi, and Alan Pestronk

Paraneoplastic necrotizing myopathy: Clinical and pathologic features
Neurology 1998 50: 764-767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. A. Ross, R. G. Miller, L. Berchert, G. Parry, R. J. Barohn, C. Armon, W. W. Bryan, J. Petajan, S. Stromatt, J. Goodpasture, D. McGuire, and The rhCNTF ALS Study Group*

Toward earlier diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Revised criteria
Neurology 1998 50: 768-772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Torres-Aleman, V. Barrios, and J. Berciano

The peripheral insulin-like growth factor system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and in multiple sclerosis
Neurology 1998 50: 772-776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. T. Wong, E. F. Jackson, K. R. Hess, D. F. Schomer, J. D. Hazle, A. P. Kyritsis, K. A. Jaeckle, W.K.A. Yung, V. A. Levin, and N. E. Leeds

Correlation between dynamic MRI and outcome in patients with malignant gliomas
Neurology 1998 50: 777-781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Andrew G. Herzog, Pavel Klein, and Alan R. Jacobs

Testosterone versus testosterone and testolactone in treating reproductive and sexual dysfunction in men with epilepsy and hypogonadism
Neurology 1998 50: 782-784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Cunha Bastos, F. Andermann, D. Melanon, F. Cendes, A. Guberman, F. Dubeau, and A. Olivier

Late-onset temporal lobe epilepsy and dilatation of the hippocampal sulcus by an enlarged Virchow-Robin space
Neurology 1998 50: 784-787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. R. Henry, H. A. Buchtel, R. A. Koeppe, P. B. Pennell, K. J. Kluin, and S. Minoshima

Absence of normal activation of the left anterior fusiform gyrus during naming in left temporal lobe epilepsy
Neurology 1998 50: 787-790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stefano Ricci, Federico Vigevano, Mario Manfredi, and Dorothée G. A. Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité

Epilepsy provoked by television and video games, Safety of 100-Hz screens
Neurology 1998 50: 790-793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. W. Shults, M. Flint Beal, D. Fontaine, K. Nakano, and R. H. Haas

Absorption, tolerability, and effects on mitochondrial activity of oral coenzyme Q₁₀ in parkinsonian patients
Neurology 1998 50: 793-795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. A. Carpenter, R. Pahwa, K. L. Miyawaki, S. B. Wilkinson, J. P. Searl, and W. C. Koller

Reduction in voice tremor under thalamic stimulation
Neurology 1998 50: 796-798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Gambardella, A. Bolino, M. Muglia, P. Valentino, F. Bono, R. L. Oliveri, M. Sabatelli, V. Brancolini, C. Van Broeckhoven, G. Romeo, M. Devoto, and A. Quattrone

Genetic heterogeneity in autosomal recessive hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy with focally folded myelin sheaths (CMT4B)
Neurology 1998 50: 799-801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Kaneyuki, S. Mitsuno, T. Nishida, and M. Yamada

Enhanced miotic response to topical dilute pilocarpine in patients with Alzheimer's disease
Neurology 1998 50: 802-804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Joern P. Sieb

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics block neuromuscular transmission
Neurology 1998 50: 804-807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mian Li, Dennis W. Dickson, and Alfred J. Spiro

Sarcolemmal defect and subsarcolemmal lesion in a patient with-sarcoglycan deficiency
Neurology 1998 50: 807-809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. S. Archer, J.-M. Gracies, E. Tohver, D. S. Crimmins, B. J. O'Leary, and D. G. Milder

Bilateral optic disk pallor after unilateral internal carotid artery occlusion
Neurology 1998 50: 809-811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. S. Wong, Y. N. Huang, S. Gao, W.W.M. Lam, Y. L. Chan, and R. Kay

Intracranial stenosis in Chinese patients with acute stroke
Neurology 1998 50: 812-813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toshiyuki Uehara, Masayasu Tabuchi, Tetsuro Kawaguchi, and Etsuro Mori

Spontaneous dural carotid cavernous sinus fistula presenting isolated ophthalmoplegia, Evaluation with MR angiography
Neurology 1998 50: 814-816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Claude Hemphill, III, Wade S. Smith, and Van V. Halbach

Neurologic manifestations of spinal epidural arteriovenous malformations
Neurology 1998 50: 817-819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stefan Beyenburg, Brigitte Scheid, Martina Deckert-Schlüter, and Hans-Ludwig Lagrèze

Chronic progressive leukoencephalopathy in adult celiac disease
Neurology 1998 50: 820-822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Jessica L. Goren and Joseph H. Friedman

Yawning as an aura for an L-dopa-induced "on" in Parkinson's disease
Neurology 1998 50: 823. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Phil-Hyu Lee, Sang-Won Han, and Ji Hoe Heo

Isolated weakness of the fingers in cortical infarction
Neurology 1998 50: 823-824. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sevim Erdem, Miriam L. Freimer, Thomas O'Dorisio, and Jerry R. Mendell

Procainamide-induced chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Neurology 1998 50: 824-825. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Jones and Sheldon Wolf

Neuropathic shoulder arthropathy (Charcot joint) associated with syringomyelia
Neurology 1998 50: 825-827. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Y. Uesaka, H. Nose, M. Ida, and A. Takagi

The pathway of gustatory fibers of the human ascends ipsilaterally in the pons
Neurology 1998 50: 827-828. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eun-Kyu Lee, Stephen T. Hecht, and J. T. Lie

Multiple intracranial and systemic aneurysms associated with infantile-onset arterial fibromuscular dysplasia
Neurology 1998 50: 828-829. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Patrick J. Sweeney

A bolt from the blue, Lightning strike to the head
Neurology 1998 50: 830. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Cherington, E. Philip Krider, Philip R. Yarnell, and Daniel W. Breed

A bolt from the blue, Lightning strike to the head
Neurology 1998 50: 830. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven A. Toms and Jeffrey Frank

Cerebrospinal fluid creatine kinase BB isoenzyme activity and neurologic prognosis after cardiac arrest
Neurology 1998 50: 830. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David L. Tirschwell and W. T. Longstreth, Jr

Cerebrospinal fluid creatine kinase BB isoenzyme activity and neurologic prognosis after cardiac arrest
Neurology 1998 50: 830-831. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph R. Cockrell

"Gourmand syndrome"
Neurology 1998 50: 831. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marianne Regard and Theodor Landis

"Gourmand syndrome"
Neurology 1998 50: 831. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Wöber and Çiek Wöber-Bingöl

Pediatric migraine and the International Headache Society criteria
Neurology 1998 50: 831-832. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph Maytal and Richard B. Lipton

Pediatric migraine and the International Headache Society criteria
Neurology 1998 50: 832. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David P. Moore

Non-epileptic seizures and depth recording
Neurology 1998 50: 832-833. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas R. Henry

Non-epileptic seizures and depth recording
Neurology 1998 50: 833. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isa Ahmed Sharoqi

Improvement of stiff-man syndrome with vigabatrin
Neurology 1998 50: 833. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. C. Prevett, P. Brown, and J. S. Duncan

Improvement of stiff-man syndrome with vigabatrin
Neurology 1998 50: 833-834. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Y. Ko and Gregory Young-Nam Chang

Albendazole therapy for neurocysticercosis
Neurology 1998 50: 834. [Full Text] [PDF]  

O. M. Takayanagui

Albendazole therapy for neurocysticercosis
Neurology 1998 50: 834. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hector H. Garcia, S. Manuel Martinez, Genaro Herrera, and Robert H. Gilman

Albendazole therapy for neurocysticercosis
Neurology 1998 50: 834-835. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victor W. Mark

Could pure alexia be due to a disconnection syndrome?
Neurology 1998 50: 835. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julián Benito-León, Carmen Sánchez-Suárez, Jaime Díaz-Guzmán, and Antonio Martínez-Salio

Could pure alexia be due to a disconnection syndrome?
Neurology 1998 50: 835. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harvey J. Sugerman

Lumboperitoneal shunting for pseudotumor cerebri
Neurology 1998 50: 835-836. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valerie A. Purvin, Aki Kawasaki, and Richard Burgett

Lumboperitoneal shunting for pseudotumor cerebri
Neurology 1998 50: 836. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gordon J. Gilbert

Cardiac cephalgia
Neurology 1998 50: 836. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard B. Lipton and Lawrence C. Newman

Cardiac cephalgia
Neurology 1998 50: 836. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isaac E. Silverman

Central poststroke pain associated with lateral medullary infarction
Neurology 1998 50: 836-837. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel MacGowan, Mel Janal, Crawford Clark, Ralph Wharton, Ronald Lazar, Ralph L. Sacco, and Jay P. Mohr

Central poststroke pain associated with lateral medullary infarction
Neurology 1998 50: 837. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Correction
Neurology 1998 50: 838. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction
Neurology 1998 50: 838. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CALENDAR:

Calendar
Neurology 1998 50: 22A-24A. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

Andrew S. Blum and Frank W. Drislane

Advances in Neurology, Volume 70, Supplementary Sensorimotor Area
Neurology 1998 50: 839. [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. John Leigh

Clinical Disorders of Balance, Posture and Gait
Neurology 1998 50: 839-840. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barrett Katz

Optic Nerve Disorders Ophthalmology Monographs #10
Neurology 1998 50: 840. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Aylward

Brain Imaging in Psychiatry
Neurology 1998 50: 840. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LANDMARK ARTICLE:

William R. Kennedy

Commentary
Neurology 1998 50: 582. [Full Text] [PDF]  

POSITION STATEMENT:

The Ethics and Humanities Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology*

Ethical issues in clinical research in neurology: Advancing knowledge and protecting human research subjects
Neurology 1998 50: 592-595. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Ethics and Humanities Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology*

Assisted suicide, euthanasia, and the neurologist
Neurology 1998 50: 596-598. [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROFESSIONAL NOTICES:

Professional Notices
Neurology 1998 50: 88A-98A. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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