IN THIS ISSUE:

December 10 Highlights
Neurology 2002 59: 1669-1671. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Angela Abicht and Hanns Lochmüller

What’s in the serum of seronegative MG and LEMS?: MuSK et al.
Neurology 2002 59: 1672-1673. [Full Text] [PDF]  

George Karpati and Paul Holland

Sweetening the pot in muscle: Genetic defects of protein glycosylation causing muscle disease
Neurology 2002 59: 1674-1676. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

Elizabeth Loder

Prophylaxis of menstrual migraine with triptans: Problems and possibilities
Neurology 2002 59: 1677-1681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

ARTICLES:

C.P. Plested, T. Tang, I. Spreadbury, E.T. Littleton, U. Kishore, and A. Vincent

AChR phosphorylation and indirect inhibition of AChR function in seronegative MG
Neurology 2002 59: 1682-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] CME  

I. Nishino, S. Noguchi, K. Murayama, A. Driss, K. Sugie, Y. Oya, T. Nagata, K. Chida, T. Takahashi, Y. Takusa, T. Ohi, J. Nishimiya, N. Sunohara, E. Ciafaloni, M. Kawai, M. Aoki, and I. Nonaka

Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles is allelic to hereditary inclusion body myopathy
Neurology 2002 59: 1689-1693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. S. Wallace, M. C. Rowbotham, N. P. Katz, R. H. Dworkin, R. M. Dotson, B. S. Galer, R. L. Rauck, M. M. Backonja, S. N. Quessy, and P. D. Meisner

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a glycine antagonist in neuropathic pain
Neurology 2002 59: 1694-1700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Radtke, T. Lempert, M.A. Gresty, G.B. Brookes, A.M. Bronstein, and H. Neuhauser

Migraine and Ménière’s disease: Is there a link?
Neurology 2002 59: 1700-1704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. Högl, B. Frauscher, K. Seppi, H. Ulmer, and W. Poewe

Transient restless legs syndrome after spinal anesthesia: A prospective study
Neurology 2002 59: 1705-1707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Levy, M.-X. Tang, E.D. Louis, L.J. Côté, B. Alfaro, H. Mejia, Y. Stern, and K. Marder

The association of incident dementia with mortality in PD
Neurology 2002 59: 1708-1713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C.G. Ballard, D. Aarsland, I. McKeith, J. O’Brien, A. Gray, F. Cormack, D. Burn, T. Cassidy, R. Starfeldt, J.-P. Larsen, R. Brown, and M. Tovee

Fluctuations in attention: PD dementia vs DLB with parkinsonism
Neurology 2002 59: 1714-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D.L. Murman, Q. Chen, M.C. Powell, S.B. Kuo, C.J. Bradley, and C.C. Colenda

The incremental direct costs associated with behavioral symptoms in AD
Neurology 2002 59: 1721-1729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Arturo Carpio and W. Allen Hauser

Prognosis for seizure recurrence in patients with newly diagnosed neurocysticercosis
Neurology 2002 59: 1730-1734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

Eric H. Kossoff, Carol Buck, and John M. Freeman

Outcomes of 32 hemispherectomies for Sturge–Weber syndrome worldwide
Neurology 2002 59: 1735-1738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

Y. Dauvilliers, G. Mayer, M. Lecendreux, E. Neidhart, R. Peraita-Adrados, K. Sonka, M. Billiard, and M. Tafti

Kleine-Levin syndrome: An autoimmune hypothesis based on clinical and genetic analyses
Neurology 2002 59: 1739-1745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Gootjes, P.A.W. Mooijer, C. Dekker, P.G. Barth, B.T. Poll-The, H.R. Waterham, and R.J.A. Wanders

Biochemical markers predicting survival in peroxisome biogenesis disorders
Neurology 2002 59: 1746-1749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. A. Mayer, K. T. Kreiter, D. Copeland, G. L. Bernardini, J. E. Bates, S. Peery, J. Claassen, Y. E. Du, and E. S. Connolly, Jr.

Global and domain-specific cognitive impairment and outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage
Neurology 2002 59: 1750-1758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. E. Baser, J. M. Friedman, A. J. Wallace, R. T. Ramsden, H. Joe, and D. G.R. Evans

Evaluation of clinical diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis 2
Neurology 2002 59: 1759-1765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Bergers, J.C.J. Bot, C.J.A. De Groot, C.H. Polman, G.J. Lycklama à Nijeholt, J.A. Castelijns, P. van der Valk, and F. Barkhof

Axonal damage in the spinal cord of MS patients occurs largely independent of T2 MRI lesions
Neurology 2002 59: 1766-1771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

Y.K. Nakao, M. Motomura, T. Fukudome, T. Fukuda, H. Shiraishi, T. Yoshimura, M. Tsujihata, and K. Eguchi

Seronegative Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome: Study of 110 Japanese patients
Neurology 2002 59: 1773-1775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

Olavo M. Vasconcelos, Raghavan Raju, and Marinos C. Dalakas

GNE mutations in an American family with quadriceps-sparing IBM and lack of mutations in s-IBM
Neurology 2002 59: 1776-1779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. B. Bressman, D. Raymond, K. Wendt, R. Saunders–Pullman, D. de Leon, S. Fahn, L. Ozelius, and N. Risch

Diagnostic criteria for dystonia in DYT1 families
Neurology 2002 59: 1780-1782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Klein, K. Hedrich, K. Kabakçi, K. Mohrmann, K. Wiegers, O. Landt, J. Hagenah, E. Schwinger, P. P. Pramstaller, L. J. Ozelius, K. Gucuyener, S. Aysun, and E. Demir

Exon deletions in the GCHI gene in two of four Turkish families with dopa-responsive dystonia
Neurology 2002 59: 1783-1786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

T. A. Zesiewicz, C. R. Cimino, A. R. Malek, N. Gardner, P. L. Leaverton, P. B. Dunne, and R. A. Hauser

Driving safety in Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2002 59: 1787-1788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Münchau, B.R. Bloem, K.V. Thilo, M.R. Trimble, J.C. Rothwell, and M.M. Robertson

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for Tourette syndrome
Neurology 2002 59: 1789-1791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Tsuboi, M. Baker, M. L. Hutton, R. J. Uitti, O. Rascol, M.-B. Delisle, X. Soulages, J. R. Murrell, B. Ghetti, M. Yasuda, O. Komure, S. Kuno, K. Arima, N. Sunohara, T. Kobayashi, Y. Mizuno, and Z. K. Wszolek

Clinical and genetic studies of families with the tau N279K mutation (FTDP-17)
Neurology 2002 59: 1791-1793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Devroey, F. Buntinx, V. Van Castere, J. Van Der Heyden, and H. Vandenberghe

Higher attack rates for left motor deficit among men with cerebrovascular events
Neurology 2002 59: 1794-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tobias Loddenkemper, Harold H. Morris, III, and John Perl, II

Carotid artery dissection after the intracarotid amobarbital test
Neurology 2002 59: 1797-1798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

P.A. Calabresi, H. Austin, M.K. Racke, A. Goodman, P. Choyke, H. Maloni, and H.F. McFarland

Impaired renal function in progressive multiple sclerosis
Neurology 2002 59: 1799-1801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

O. Bähr, I. Mader, J. Zschocke, J. Dichgans, and J.B. Schulz

Adult onset glutaric aciduria type I presenting with a leukoencephalopathy
Neurology 2002 59: 1802-1804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Carlsson, L. Forsgren, P.-O. Nylander, U. Hellman, K. Forsman-Semb, G. Holmgren, D. Holmberg, and M. Holmberg

Identification of a susceptibility locus for migraine with and without aura on 6p12.2-p21.1
Neurology 2002 59: 1804-1807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

A. Broccolini, M. Pescatori, A. D’Amico, A. Sabino, G. Silvestri, E. Ricci, S. Servidei, P. A. Tonali, and M. Mirabella

An Italian family with autosomal recessive inclusion-body myopathy and mutations in the GNE gene
Neurology 2002 59: 1808-1809. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. Zhou, R. Zabad, and R.A. Lewis

Ethylene glycol intoxication: Electrophysiological studies suggest a polyradiculopathy
Neurology 2002 59: 1809-1810. [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Saliha Ishaq, Robert Quinet, and Jihan Saba

Phrenic nerve paralysis secondary to Lyme neuroborreliosis
Neurology 2002 59: 1810-1811. [Full Text] [PDF]  

U. Roelcke, D. Eschle, L. Kappos, M. Moschopulos, R.H. Laeng, and U.W. Buettner

Meningoradiculitis associated with giant cell arteritis
Neurology 2002 59: 1811-1812. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Catherine Thomas Antérion, Sandrine Honoré-Masson, Stéphanie Dirson, and Bernard Laurent

Lonely cowboy’s thoughts
Neurology 2002 59: 1812-1813. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

So-Young Moon, Hahn-Young Kim, and Chin-Sang Chung

A sequential bilateral medial medullary infarction separated by 4 months
Neurology 2002 59: 1814-1815. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Grzegorz S. Nowakowski and Amiram Katz

Epilepsia partialis continua as an atypical presentation of cat scratch disease in a young adult
Neurology 2002 59: 1815-1816. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Subrata Chattopadhyay, Elizabeth Kriscenski-Perry, David A. Wenger, and David A. Pearce

An autoantibody to GAD65 in sera of patients with juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
Neurology 2002 59: 1816-1817. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

NISUS: NEUROLOGY AND THE HUMANITIES:

Gary L. Cohen

Fiction: Off-label
Neurology 2002 59: 1818-1820. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

A. Schluter and B. Kissig

MR angiography in migrainous vasospasm
Neurology 2002 59: 1772. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Gordon J. Gilbert, Ran Zhang, William R. Tyor, and Antoine Moulignier

Recombinant interferon-–induced chorea and frontal subcortical dementia
Neurology 2002 59: 1821. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamed Farouk Allam, C.M. Tanner, S.A. Goldman, D. Aston, R. Ottman, J. Ellenberg, R. Mayeux, and J.W. Langston

Smoking and PD in twins
Neurology 2002 59: 1821-1822. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valérie Biousse, Nancy J. Newman, Rob M. A. de Bie, and Johannes D. Speelman

Morbidity and mortality following pallidotomy in PD
Neurology 2002 59: 1822. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mamede de Carvalho, Henry Houlden, Cyril Goizet, and Didier Lacombe

Progressive bulbospinal amyotrophy in triple A syndrome with AAAS gene mutation
Neurology 2002 59: 1823. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabelle Korn-Lubetzki, Israel Steiner, Keiko Mori, Naoki Hattori, Masahiko Yamamoto, and Gen Sobue

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy presenting with features of GBS
Neurology 2002 59: 1823-1824. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
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