EDITORIALS:

Douglas J. Lanska and Richard J. Kryscio

Endarterectomy for asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis
Neurology 1997 48: 1481-1490. [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE:

John H. Ferguson

Silicone breast implants and neurologic disorders: Report of the Practice Committee of the American Academy of Neurology
Neurology 1997 48: 1504-1507. [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

Dan Boghen

Apraxia of lid opening: A review
Neurology 1997 48: 1491-1494. [PDF]  

Nabih M. Ramadan

Unusual causes of headache
Neurology 1997 48: 1494-1499. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Valeria Sansone, James Boynton, and Cynthia Palenski

Use of gold weights to correct lagophthalmos in neuromuscular disease
Neurology 1997 48: 1500-1503. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

J. C. Morris, C. Ernesto, K. Schafer, M. Coats, S. Leon, M. Sano, L. J. Thal, and P. Woodbury

Clinical Dementia Rating training and reliability in multicenter studies: The Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study experience
Neurology 1997 48: 1508-1510. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. M. Doraiswamy, F. Bieber, L. Kaiser, K. R. Krishnan, J. Reuning-Scherer, and B. Gulanski

The Alzheimer's disease assessment scale: Patterns and predictors of baseline cognitive performance in multicenter Alzheimer's disease trials
Neurology 1997 48: 1511-1517. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Kawas, S. Resnick, A. Morrison, R. Brookmeyer, M. Corrada, A. Zonderman, C. Bacal, D. Donnell Lingle, and E. Metter

A prospective study of estrogen replacement therapy and the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Neurology 1997 48: 1517-1521. [Abstract] [PDF]  

O. L. Lopez, R. P. Brenner, J. T. Becker, R. F. Ulrich, F. Boller, and S. T. DeKosky

EEG spectral abnormalities and psychosis as predictors of cognitive and functional decline in probable Alzheimer's disease
Neurology 1997 48: 1521-1525. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Stevens, C. M. van Duijn, P. de Knijff, C. van Broeckhoven, P. Heutink, B. A. Oostra, M. F. Niermeijer, and J. C. van Swieten

Apolipoprotein E gene and sporadic frontal lobe dementia
Neurology 1997 48: 1526-1529. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maria Caterina Silveri, Sandro Misciagna, Maria Giuseppa Leggio, and Marco Molinari

Spatial dysgraphia and cerebellar lesion: A case report
Neurology 1997 48: 1529-1532. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ronald A. Cohen, H. Jane Barnes, Melissa Jenkins, and H. Elliott Albers

Disruption of short-duration timing associated with damage to the suprachiasmatic region of the hypothalamus
Neurology 1997 48: 1533-1539. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John S. Warner

Analgesic rebound as a cause of hemicrania continua
Neurology 1997 48: 1540-1541. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. J. Lewis, S. F. Barrington, P. K. Marsden, M. N. Maisey, and L. D. Lewis

A study of the effects of sumatriptan on myocardial perfusion in healthy female migraineurs using ¹³NH₃ positron emission tomography
Neurology 1997 48: 1542-1550. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. E. Rogers, J. Meehan, C. Guilleminault, F. C. Grumet, and E. Mignot

HLA DR15 (DR2) and DQB1*0602 typing studies in 188 narcoleptic patients with cataplexy
Neurology 1997 48: 1550-1556. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. Giovannoni, M. Lai, J. Thorpe, D. Kidd, V. Chamoun, A. J. Thompson, D. H. Miller, M. Feldmann, and E. J. Thompson

Longitudinal study of soluble adhesion molecules in multiple sclerosis: Correlation with gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
Neurology 1997 48: 1557-1565. [Abstract] [PDF]  

U. Roelcke, L. Kappos, J. Lechner-Scott, H. Brunnschweiler, S. Huber, W. Ammann, A. Plohmann, S. Dellas, R. P. Maguire, J. Missimer, E. W. Radii, A. Steck, and K. L. Leenders

Reduced glucose metabolism in the frontal cortex and basal ganglia of multiple sclerosis patients with fatigue: A ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography study
Neurology 1997 48: 1566-1571. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S. B. Bressman, D. de Leon, D. Raymond, P. E. Greene, M. F. Brin, S. Fahn, L. J. Ozelius, X. O. Breakefield, P. L. Kramer, and N. J. Risch

Secondary dystonia and the DYTI gene
Neurology 1997 48: 1571-1577. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Guttman, J. Burkholder, S. J. Kish, D. Hussey, A. Wilson, J. DaSilva, and S. Houle

[¹¹C]RTI-32 PET studies of the dopamine transporter in early dopa-naive Parkinson's disease: Implications for the symptomatic threshold
Neurology 1997 48: 1578-1583. [Abstract] [PDF]  

H. H. Liou, M. C. Tsai, C. J. Chen, J. S. Jeng, Y. C. Chang, S. Y. Chen, and R. C. Chen

Environmental risk factors and Parkinson's disease: A case-control study in Taiwan
Neurology 1997 48: 1583-1588. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V. Planté-Bordeneuve, D. Taussig, F. Thomas, G. Said, N. W. Wood, C. D. Marsden, and A. E. Harding

Evaluation of four candidate genes encoding proteins of the dopamine pathway in familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease: Evidence for association of a DRD2 allele
Neurology 1997 48: 1589-1593. [Abstract] [PDF]  

H. Yamanouchi, H. Nagura, T. Mizutani, S. Matsushita, and Y. Esaki

Ernbolic brain infarction in nonrheurnatic atrial fibrillation: A clinicopathologic study in the elderly
Neurology 1997 48: 1593-1596. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. W. Albers, N. Bittar, L. Young, C. R. Hattemer, A. J. Gandhi, S. M. Kemp, E. A. Hall, D. J. Morton, J. Yim, and P. H. masses

Clinical characteristics and management of acute stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation admitted to US university hospitals
Neurology 1997 48: 1598-1604. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. R. Arunodaya, Santosh Vani, S. K. Shankar, A. B. Taly, H. S. Swamy, and Das Sarala

Fibrornuscular dysplasia with dissection of basilar artery presenting as "locked-in-syndrome"
Neurology 1997 48: 1605-1608. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stefan Schwab, Matthias Spranger, Stefan Schwarz, and Werner Hacke

Barbiturate coma in severe hemispheric stroke: Useful or obsolete?
Neurology 1997 48: 1608-1613. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Gordon Smith, Wayne T. Cornblath, and John P. Deveikis

Local thrombolytic therapy in deep cerebral venous thrombosis
Neurology 1997 48: 1613-1619. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Arthur C. Grant, Stephen Hunter, and W. Clyde Partin

A case of acute monocytic ehrlichiosis with prominent neurologic signs
Neurology 1997 48: 1619-1623. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V. Carelli, A. Ghelli, M. Ratta, E. Bacchilega, S. Sangiorgi, R. Mancini, V. Leuzzi, P. Cortelli, P. Montagna, E. Lugaresi, and M. Degli Esposti

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy: Biochemical effect of 11778/ND4 and 3460/ND1 mutations and correlation with the mitochondrial genotype
Neurology 1997 48: 1623-1632. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Voskova-Goldman, A. Peier, C. T. Caskey, C. S. Richards, and L. G. Shaffer

DMD-specific FISH probes are diagnostically useful in the detection of female carriers of DMD gene deletions
Neurology 1997 48: 1633-1638. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Karni, E. Zisman, Y. Katz-Levy, M. Paas-Rozner, M. Dayan, C. Brautbar, O. Abramsky, M. Sela, and E. Mozes

Reactivity of T cells from seronegative patients with myasthenia gravis to T cell epitopes of the human acetylcholine receptor
Neurology 1997 48: 1638-1642. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zeng-Yu Wang, David K. Okita, James Howard, Jr., and Bianca M. Conti-Fine

Thl epitope repertoire on the a subunit of human muscle acetylcholine receptor in myasthenia gravis
Neurology 1997 48: 1643-1653. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Irene Litvan, Narahari Sastry, and Barbara C. Sonies

Characterizing swallowing abnormalities in progressive supranuclear palsy
Neurology 1997 48: 1654-1662. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Peter W. Kaplan, Ronald J. Tusa, JoEllen Rignani, and Hugo W. Moser

Somatosensory evoked potentials in adrenomyeloneuropathy
Neurology 1997 48: 1662-1667. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tomoyuki Uemichi, Juris J. Liepnieks, and Merrill D. Benson

A trinucleotide deletion in the transthyretin gene (AV122) in a kindred with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy
Neurology 1997 48: 1667-1670. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. H. Gordon, L. P. Rowland, D. S. Younger, W. H. Sherman, A. P. Hays, E. D. Louis, D. J. Lange, W. Trojaborg, R. E. Lovelace, P. L. Murphy, and N. Latov

Lymphoproliferative disorders and motor neuron disease: An update
Neurology 1997 48: 1671-1678. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. I. Suarez, M. L. Cohen, J. Larkin, C. A. Kernich, D. E. Hricik, and R. B. Daroff

Acute intermittent porphyria: Clinicopathologic correlation: Report of a case and review of the literature
Neurology 1997 48: 1678-1683. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. Magy, N. Birouk, J. M. Vallat, R. Gouider, T. Maisonobe, P. Bouche, O. Lyon-Caen, and B. Fontaine

Hereditary therrnosensitive neuropathy: An autosornal dominant disorder of the peripheral nervous system
Neurology 1997 48: 1684-1690. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bashar Katirji

Chronic relapsing axonal neuropathy responsive to intravenous immunoglobulin
Neurology 1997 48: 1690-1694. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G. Sobue, M. Li, S. Terao, S. Aoki, M. Ichimura, T. Ieda, M. Doyu, T. Yasuda, Y. Hashizume, and T. Mitsuma

Axonal pathology in Japanese Guillain-Bard syndrome: A study of 15 autopsied cases
Neurology 1997 48: 1694-1700. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Ono, T. Mano, E. Andermann, K. Harada, K. Sakurai, T. Ikeda, N. Yoshihara, K. Shimizu, S. Okada, and F. Andermann

Band heterotopia or double cortex in a male: Bridging structures suggest abnormality of the radial glial guide system
Neurology 1997 48: 1701-1703. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael Weller, Christine Schmidt, Wilfried Roth, and Johannes Dichgans

Chemotherapy of human malignant glioma: Prevention of efficacy by dexamethasone?
Neurology 1997 48: 1704-1709. [Abstract] [PDF]  

HISTORICAL NEUROLOGY:

Douglas J. Lanska

The role of technology in neurologic specialization in America
Neurology 1997 48: 1722-1728. [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

A. Arturo Leis and Jonathan Fratkin

Chondrosarcoma of the spine and thyroid carcinoma following radiation therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma
Neurology 1997 48: 1710-1712. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Orrin Devinsky, Steven Pacia, and Gopal Tatambhotla

Bradycardia and asystole induced by partial seizures: A case report and literature review
Neurology 1997 48: 1712-1714. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gianluigi Lunardi, Massimo Leandri, Claudio Albano, Serena Cultrera, Maurizio Fracassi, Vitantonio Rubino, and Emilio Favale

Clinical effectiveness of lamotrigine and plasma levels in essential and symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia
Neurology 1997 48: 1714-1717. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Audrius V. Plioplys

Antimuscle and anti-CNS circulating antibodies in chronic fatigue syndrome
Neurology 1997 48: 1717-1719. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Wehnert, V. Timmerman, P. Spoelders, J. Meuleman, E. Nelis, and C. Van Broeckhoven

Further evidence supporting linkage of hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy to chromosome 17q
Neurology 1997 48: 1719-1721. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Howard W. Sander, Christine M. Quinto, Heinrich Elinzano, and Sudhansu Chokrouerty

Carpet carrier's palsy: Musculocutaneous neuropathy
Neurology 1997 48: 1731-1732. [PDF]  

Vicente Bertol, José R. Ara, Antonio Oliveros, and Belén Gros

Neurologic complications of lumbar epidural analgesia: Spinal and paraspinal abscess
Neurology 1997 48: 1732-1733. [PDF]  

Laurel A. Beckett, Robert S. Wilson, David A. Bennett, and Martha C. Morris

Around the WORLD backward An algorithm for scoring the MMSE WORLD item
Neurology 1997 48: 1733-1734. [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

David C. Haas

Posttraumatic headache
Neurology 1997 48: 1735. [PDF]  

Richard M. Dasheiff

Pure transient amnesia during nonconvulsive status epilepticus
Neurology 1997 48: 1736-1737. [PDF]  

Jeffrey H. Kordower, Thomas B. Freeman, Roy A.E. Bakay, Christopher G. Goetz, and C. Warren Olanow

Treatment with fetal allografts
Neurology 1997 48: 1737-1738. [PDF]  

William J. Bernstein

Myofascial pain and fibromyalgia syndromes
Neurology 1997 48: 1738-1742. [PDF]  

John E. Castaldo and Gary G. Nicholas

Endarterectomy on asymptomatic patients
Neurology 1997 48: 1742-1743. [PDF]  

L. E. Chambless, J. D. Hosking, R. Kronmal, G. Howard, and V. J. Howard

Clearing Up Misunderstandings about Clinical Trial Methodology: A Reply to Barnett et al.'s Commentary on the ACAS Trial
Neurology 1997 48: 1743-1748. [PDF]  

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

LATE BREAKING NEWS
Neurology 1997 48: 1728-1730. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

To: The amygdala and intractable temporal lobe epilepsy: A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study
Neurology 1997 48: 1751. [PDF]  

To: S-Methylation in Parkinson's disease
Neurology 1997 48: 1751. [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Book Reviews
Neurology 1997 48: 1749-1751. [PDF]  

CALENDAR:

Calendar
Neurology 1997 48: 22A-24A. [PDF]  

AUTHOR INDEX TO VOLUME 48:

Author index to volume 48
Neurology 1997 48: 1779-1783. [PDF]  

SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 48:

Subject index to volume 48
Neurology 1997 48: 1752-1777. [PDF]  

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