IN THIS ISSUE:

April 24 Highlights
Neurology 2001 56: 989. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

John W. Norris and Peter M. Rothwell

Noninvasive carotid imaging to select patients for endarterectomy: Is it really safer than conventional angiography?
Neurology 2001 56: 990-991. [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

Robert G. Holloway and Robert J. Panzer

Lawyers, litigation, and liability: Can they make patients safer?
Neurology 2001 56: 991-993. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jerry R. Mendell

Congenital muscular dystrophy: Searching for a definition after 98 years
Neurology 2001 56: 993-994. [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

Practice Advisory: Participation of neurologists in direct-to-consumer advertising
Neurology 2001 56: 995-996. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

G.J. Hademenos, M.J. Alberts, I. Awad, M. Mayberg, T. Shephard, A. Jagoda, R.E. Latchaw, H.W. Todd, K. Viste, R. Starke, M. St. John Girgus, M. Walker, J. Marler, M. Emr, and N. Hart

Advances in the genetics of cerebrovascular disease and stroke
Neurology 2001 56: 997-1008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

ARTICLES:

Dean C.C. Johnston and Larry B. Goldstein

Clinical carotid endarterectomy decision making: Noninvasive vascular imaging versus angiography
Neurology 2001 56: 1009-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

P. A. Barber, J. Zhang, A. M. Demchuk, M. D. Hill, and A. M. Buchan

Why are stroke patients excluded from TPA therapy?: An analysis of patient eligibility
Neurology 2001 56: 1015-1020. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P.P. Urban, S. Wicht, G. Vukurevic, C. Fitzek, S. Fitzek, P. Stoeter, C. Massinger, and H.C. Hopf

Dysarthria in acute ischemic stroke: Lesion topography, clinicoradiologic correlation, and etiology
Neurology 2001 56: 1021-1027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G.M. Terwindt, R.A. Ophoff, R. van Eijk, M.N. Vergouwe, J. Haan, R.R. Frants, L.A. Sandkuijl, and M.D. Ferrari

Involvement of the CACNA1A gene containing region on 19p13 in migraine with and without aura
Neurology 2001 56: 1028-1032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

A.D. Hershey, S.W. Powers, A.–L. Bentti, S. LeCates, and T.J. deGrauw

Characterization of chronic daily headaches in children in a multidisciplinary headache center
Neurology 2001 56: 1032-1037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna Ambrosini, Alain Maertens de Noordhout, and Jean Schoenen

Neuromuscular transmission in migraine: A single-fiber EMG study in clinical subgroups
Neurology 2001 56: 1038-1043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kimford J. Meador, Patty G. Ray, Larry J. Day, and David W. Loring

Relationship of extinction to perceptual thresholds for single stimuli
Neurology 2001 56: 1044-1047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

P. Pavone, R. Bianchini, R.R. Trifiletti, G. Incorpora, A. Pavone, and E. Parano

Neuropsychological assessment in children with absence epilepsy
Neurology 2001 56: 1047-1051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A.–C. Bachoud–Lévi, P. Maison, P. Bartolomeo, M.–F. Boissé, G. Dalla Barba, A.–M. Ergis, S. Baudic, J.–D. Degos, P. Cesaro, and M. Peschanski

Retest effects and cognitive decline in longitudinal follow-up of patients with early HD
Neurology 2001 56: 1052-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Cormand, H. Pihko, M. Bayés, L. Valanne, P. Santavuori, B. Talim, R. Gershoni–Baruch, A. Ahmad, H. van Bokhoven, H.G. Brunner, T. Voit, H. Topaloglu, W.B. Dobyns, and A.–E. Lehesjoki

Clinical and genetic distinction between Walker–Warburg syndrome and muscle–eye–brain disease
Neurology 2001 56: 1059-1069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Sciacco, G. Fagiolari, C. Lamperti, S. Messina, P. Bazzi, L. Napoli, L. Chiveri, A. Prelle, G.P. Comi, N. Bresolin, G. Scarlato, and M. Moggio

Lack of apoptosis in mitochondrial encephalomyopathies
Neurology 2001 56: 1070-1074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. M. Fenichel, R. C. Griggs, J. Kissel, T. I. Kramer, J. R. Mendell, R. T. Moxley, A. Pestronk, K. Sheng, J. Florence, W. M. King, S. Pandya, V. D. Robison, and H. Wang

A randomized efficacy and safety trial of oxandrolone in the treatment of Duchenne dystrophy
Neurology 2001 56: 1075-1079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. L. Hannah, E. D. Belay, P. Gambetti, G. Krause, P. Parchi, S. Capellari, R. E. Hoffman, and L. B. Schonberger

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease after receipt of a previously unimplicated brand of dura mater graft
Neurology 2001 56: 1080-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Saiz, E. Carreras, J. Berenguer, J. Yagüe, C. Martínez, P. Marín, M. Rovira, T. Pujol, T. Arbizu, and F. Graus

MRI and CSF oligoclonal bands after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in MS
Neurology 2001 56: 1084-1089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Maria T. Schultheis, Edward Garay, and John DeLuca

The influence of cognitive impairment on driving performance in multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2001 56: 1089-1094. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. R. Peskind, C. W. Wilkinson, E. C. Petrie, G. D. Schellenberg, and M. A. Raskind

Increased CSF cortisol in AD is a function of APOE genotype
Neurology 2001 56: 1094-1098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Thomas H. Glick

Malpractice claims: Outcome evidence to guide neurologic education?
Neurology 2001 56: 1099-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P.F. Chinnery, D.J. Taylor, D. Manners, P. Styles, and R. Lodi

No correlation between muscle A3243G mutation load and mitochondrial function in vivo
Neurology 2001 56: 1101-1104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Masahiro Mori, Satoshi Kuwabara, Toshio Fukutake, Nobuhiro Yuki, and Takamichi Hattori

Clinical features and prognosis of Miller Fisher syndrome
Neurology 2001 56: 1104-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. S. Padovan, A. Gerbitz, P. Sostak, E. Holler, J. L.M. Ferrara, K. Bise, and A. Straube

Cerebral involvement in graft-versus-host disease after murine bone marrow transplantation
Neurology 2001 56: 1106-1108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Schatz, R. T. Brown, J. M. Pascual, L. Hsu, and M. R. DeBaun

Poor school and cognitive functioning with silent cerebral infarcts and sickle cell disease
Neurology 2001 56: 1109-1111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

L. Brown, D. C. Bergen, P. Kotagal, L. Groves, and D. Carson

Safety of Diastat when given at larger-than-recommended doses for acute repetitive seizures
Neurology 2001 56: 1112. [Full Text] [PDF]  

O.A.F. Bodamer, D.S. Rosenblatt, S.H. Appel, and A.L. Beaudet

Adult-onset combined methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria (cblC)
Neurology 2001 56: 1113. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pasquale F. Finelli and Peter K. Schauer

Cerebral sinus thrombosis with tamoxifen
Neurology 2001 56: 1113. [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

M.J. Doherty, Alexander B. Baxter, and W.T. Longstreth, Jr.

Herpes simplex virus encephalitis complicating myxedema coma treated with corticosteroids
Neurology 2001 56: 1114-1115. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ken Johkura, Osamu Hasegawa, and Yoshiyuki Kuroiwa

Episodic encephalopathy with dilated pupils
Neurology 2001 56: 1115-1116. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Arturo Leis, José M. Leis, and Jorge R. Leis

Pseudomeningoceles: A role for mechanical compression in the treatment of dural tears
Neurology 2001 56: 1116-1117. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Oliver Sacks, Dong Seok Hahm, and Duk L. Na

A compulsive collecting behavior following an A-com aneurysmal rupture
Neurology 2001 56: 1118. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph S. Jeret, H. J. M. Barnett, and J. P. Broderick

Carotid endarterectomy: Another wake-up call
Neurology 2001 56: 1118. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gary L. Bernardini, R. Clement Darling, III, Dhiraj M. Shah, Ramon Berguer, and H. J. M. Barnett

Results of carotid endarterectomy with prospective neurologist follow-up
Neurology 2001 56: 1119-1121. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter P. Urban, Thomas Vogt, and Tomoko Hashimoto

Paraspinal motor evoked potentials by magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex
Neurology 2001 56: 1121. [Full Text] [PDF]  

William M. Landau, Søren H. Sindrup, and Troels S. Jensen

Pharmacologic treatment of pain in polyneuropathy
Neurology 2001 56: 1121. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Mawrin, Simone Di Giovanni, Massimiliano Mirabella, and Serenella Servidei

Apoptotic features accompany acute quadriplegic myopathy
Neurology 2001 56: 1122. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

To:Headache types and panic disorders: Directionality and specificity
Neurology 2001 56: 1124. [Full Text] [PDF]  

To: Effect of aldose reductase inhibition on nerve conduction and morphometry in diabetic neuropathy
Neurology 2001 56: 1124. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALENDAR:

Calendar
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INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER:

Antonio Culebras

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