IN THIS ISSUE:

January 15 Highlights
Neurology 1999 52: 223. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

David R. Gifford and Jeffrey L. Cummings

Evaluating dementia screening tests
Neurology 1999 52: 224. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles D. Phillips and David S. Knopman

Neurology "with the bark off"
Neurology 1999 52: 227. [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

H. Buschke, G. Kuslansky, M. Katz, W. F. Stewart, M. J. Sliwinski, H. M. Eckholdt, and R. B. Lipton

Screening for dementia with the Memory Impairment Screen
Neurology 1999 52: 231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. R. Gifford, K. L. Lapane, G. Gambassi, F. Landi, V. Mor, and R. Bernabei

Tacrine use in nursing homes: Implications for prescribing new cholinesterase inhibitors
Neurology 1999 52: 238. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. Friedman, P. Froom, L. Sazbon, I. Grinblatt, M. Shochina, J. Tsenter, S. Babaey, A. Ben Yehuda, and Z. Groswasser

Apolipoprotein E-4 genotype predicts a poor outcome in survivors of traumatic brain injury
Neurology 1999 52: 244. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. A. Baxendale, S. M. Sisodiya, P. J. Thompson, S. L. Free, N. D. Kitchen, J. M. Stevens, W. F. J. Harkness, D. R. Fish, and S. D. Shorvon

Disproportion in the distribution of gray and white matter: Neuropsychological correlates
Neurology 1999 52: 248. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

I. J. Koralnik, D. Boden, V. X. Mai, C. I. Lord, and N. L. Letvin

JC virus DNA load in patients with and without progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Neurology 1999 52: 253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

M. Yamada, H. Tomimitsu, T. Yokota, H. Tomi, N. Sunohara, M. Mukoyama, Y. Itoh, N. Suematsu, E. Otomo, R. Okeda, M. Matsushita, and H. Mizusawa

Involvement of the spinal posterior horn in Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker disease (PrP P102L)
Neurology 1999 52: 260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

Adnan I. Qureshi, David A. Wilson, Daniel F. Hanley, and Richard J. Traystman

No evidence for an ischemic penumbra in massive experimental intracerebral hemorrhage
Neurology 1999 52: 266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

Rui Lan Zhang, Zheng Gang Zhang, and Michael Chopp

Increased therapeutic efficacy with rt-PA and anti-CD18 antibody treatment of stroke in the rat
Neurology 1999 52: 273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

A. Bruno, J. Biller, H. P. Adams, Jr., W. R. Clarke, R. F. Woolson, L. S. Williams, and M. D. Hansen

Acute blood glucose level and outcome from ischemic stroke
Neurology 1999 52: 280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

V. Collado-Seidel, J. Kazenwadel, T. C. Wetter, R. Kohnen, J. Winkelmann, R. Selzer, W. H. Oertel, and C. Trenkwalder

A controlled study of additional sr-L-dopa in L-dopa–responsive restless legs syndrome with late-night symptoms
Neurology 1999 52: 285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

R. J. Feiwell, K. J. Black, L. A. McGee-Minnich, A. Z. Snyder, A.-M. MacLeod, and J. S. Perlmutter

Diminished regional cerebral blood flow response to vibration in patients with blepharospasm
Neurology 1999 52: 291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Muñoz, V. Obach, R. Oliva, M. J. Martí, M. Ezquerra, P. Pastor, F. Ballesta, and E. Tolosa

₁-Antichymotrypsin gene polymorphism and susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 1999 52: 297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

Anne-Maria Kuopio, Reijo J. Marttila, Hans Helenius, and Urpo K. Rinne

Changing epidemiology of Parkinson’s disease in southwestern Finland
Neurology 1999 52: 302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

David G. Lichter, Jacek Dmochowski, Lisa A. Jackson, and Kimberly S. Trinidad

Influence of family history on clinical expression of Tourette’s syndrome
Neurology 1999 52: 308. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. Martin, R. Kuzniecky, S. Ho, H. Hetherington, J. Pan, K. Sinclair, F. Gilliam, and E. Faught

Cognitive effects of topiramate, gabapentin, and lamotrigine in healthy young adults
Neurology 1999 52: 321. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. A. Mitchell, G. D. Jackson, R. M. Kalnins, M. M. Saling, G. J. Fitt, R. D. Ashpole, and S. F. Berkovic

Anterior temporal abnormality in temporal lobe epilepsy: A quantitative MRI and histopathologic study
Neurology 1999 52: 327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

S. M. Sisodiya, S. L. Free, M. Thom, A. E. Everitt, D. R. Fish, and S. D. Shorvon

Evidence for nodular epileptogenicity and gender differences in periventricular nodular heterotopia
Neurology 1999 52: 336. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

C. Gurses, D. W. Gross, F. Andermann, A. Bastos, F. Dubeau, M. Calay, M. Eraksoy, S. Bezci, E. Andermann, and D. Melanson

Periventricular leukomalacia and epilepsy: Incidence and seizure pattern
Neurology 1999 52: 341. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Corinne Demerens, Bruno Stankoff, Bernard Zalc, and Catherine Lubetzki

Eliprodil stimulates CNS myelination: New prospects for multiple sclerosis?
Neurology 1999 52: 346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. F. Kastrukoff, N. G. Morgan, D. Zecchini, R. White, A. J. Petkau, J. Satoh, and D. W. Paty

Natural killer cells in relapsing-remitting MS: Effect of treatment with interferon ß-1B
Neurology 1999 52: 351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

L. Lauronen, P. B. Munroe, I. Järvelä, T. Autti, H. M. Mitchison, A. M. O’Rawe, R. M. Gardiner, S. E. Mole, J. Puranen, A.-M. Häkkinen, E. Kirveskari, and P. Santavuori

Delayed classic and protracted phenotypes of compound heterozygous juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
Neurology 1999 52: 360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

I. Tein, R. H. A. Haslam, W. J. Rhead, M. J. Bennett, L. E. Becker, and J. Vockley

Short-chain acyl–CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: A cause of ophthalmoplegia and multicore myopathy
Neurology 1999 52: 366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

H. Sakuraba, K. Itoh, M. Shimmoto, K. Utsumi, R. Kase, Y. Hashimoto, T. Ozawa, Y. Ohwada, G. Imataka, M. Eguchi, T. Furukawa, U. Schepers, and K. Sandhoff

GM2 gangliosidosis AB variant: Clinical and biochemical studies of a Japanese patient
Neurology 1999 52: 372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

J. Arenas, Y. Campos, B. Bornstein, R. Ribacoba, M. A. Martín, J. C. Rubio, F. M. Santorelli, M. Zeviani, S. DiMauro, and R. Garesse

A double mutation (A8296G and G8363A) in the mitochondrial DNA tRNA^Lys gene associated with myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers
Neurology 1999 52: 377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

M. E. Rubio-Gozalbo, J. A. M. Smeitink, W. Ruitenbeek, H. Ter Laak, R. A. Mullaart, M. Schuelke, E. C. M. Mariman, R. C. A. Sengers, and F. J. M. Gabreëls

Spinal muscular atrophy-like picture, cardiomyopathy, and cytochrome c oxidase deficiency
Neurology 1999 52: 383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Alan Wright, J. Desmond O’Duffy, and Moses Rodriguez

Improvement of myelopathy in Sjögren’s syndrome with chlorambucil and prednisone therapy
Neurology 1999 52: 386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

M. Takao, Y. Fukuuchi, A. Koto, K. Tanaka, S. Momoshima, S. Kuramochi, and T. Takeda

Localized hypertrophic mononeuropathy involving the femoral nerve
Neurology 1999 52: 389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

M. A. Nance, V. Mathias-Hagen, G. Breningstall, M. J. Wick, and R. C. McGlennen

Analysis of a very large trinucleotide repeat in a patient with juvenile Huntington’s disease
Neurology 1999 52: 392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

Nicola Vanacore, Stefania Spila-Alegiani, Roberto Raschetti, and Giuseppe Meco

Mortality cancer risk in parkinsonian patients: A population-based study
Neurology 1999 52: 395. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

I. Akiguchi, H. Tomimoto, M. Kinoshita, H. Wakita, A. Osaki, M. Nishimura, and J. Kimura

Effects of antithrombin on Binswanger’s disease with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Neurology 1999 52: 398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

S. Ries, M. Knauth, R. Kern, C. Klingmann, M. Daffertshofer, K. Sartor, and M. Hennerici

Arterial gas embolism after decompression: Correlation with right-to-left shunting
Neurology 1999 52: 401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

Joseph J. Higgins, Irene Litvan, Linda E. Nee, and Joseph M. Loveless

A lack of the R406W tau mutation in progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration
Neurology 1999 52: 404. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Seth Hochman and Thomas P. Naidich

Diffuse meningeal enhancement in patients with overdraining, long-standing ventricular shunts
Neurology 1999 52: 406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

J. M. Swearer, K. J. Kane, C. A. Phillips, J. P. Weaver, T. D. Anderson, and M. S. Lavoie

Predictive value of the intracarotid amobarbital test in bihemispheric seizure onset
Neurology 1999 52: 409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

C. H. Chen, T. Wu, and N. S. Chu

Bilateral cortical representation of the intrinsic lingual muscles
Neurology 1999 52: 411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

F. S. Lieberman, J. Odel, J. Hirsh, M. Heinemann, J. Michaeli, and J. Posner

Bilateral optic neuropathy with IgG multiple myeloma improved after myeloablative chemotherapy
Neurology 1999 52: 414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

G. Wiest, L. Deecke, S. Trattnig, and C. Mueller

Abolished tilt suppression of the vestibulo-ocular reflex caused by a selective uvulo-nodular lesion
Neurology 1999 52: 417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

J.-Y. Li, P.-H. Lai, H.-C. Lam, L.-Y. Lu, H.-H. Cheng, J.-K. Lee, and Y.-K. Lo

Hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis and lymphocytic hypophysitis in Sjögren’s syndrome
Neurology 1999 52: 420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Michael Wong, Ali Shaibani, and Benjamin C. P. Lee

Transient hydrocephalus as a presenting sign associated with adrenoleukodystrophy
Neurology 1999 52: 424. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Henry J. Kaminski

Achalasia and myasthenia gravis in a patient with thymoma
Neurology 1999 52: 425. [Full Text]  

Teresa Corona, Carolina Leon, and Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner

Severe anaphylaxis with recombinant interferon beta
Neurology 1999 52: 425. [Full Text]  

Linda M. Selwa

N-acetylcysteine therapy for Unverricht–Lundborg disease
Neurology 1999 52: 426. [Full Text]  

NEUROIMAGES:

fMRI Occipital Activation by Tactile Stimulation in a Blind Man
Neurology 1999 52: 423. [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Carlo Colosimo, Francesco E. Pontieri, Virgilio Gerald H. Evidente, Katrina Gwinn Hardy, John D. O’Sullivan, Andrew J. Lees, Andrew J. Hughes, Joseph H. Friedman, and Jessica Goren

Yawning in Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 1999 52: 428. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hernando Rafael, Pedro Moromizato, Victor Ayulo, David G. Le Couteur, and Philip G. Board

The dopamine transporter gene and PD in a Chinese population
Neurology 1999 52: 429. [Full Text] [Figures Only]  

Wouter I. Schievink, S. Claiborne Johnston, Van V. Halbach, Wade S. Smith, and Daryl R. Gress

Rapid development of giant fusiform cerebral aneurysms in angiographically normal vessels
Neurology 1999 52: 430. [Full Text]  

J. F. Meilof, Kazuo Takahashi, Shotai Kobayashi, Kazunori Okada, and Shuhei Yamaguchi

p-ANCA and hypertrophic pachymeningitis
Neurology 1999 52: 430. [Full Text]  

Keiko Tanaka, Ryouichi Nakano, Takashi Inuzuka, Shoji Tsuji, Kazuki Shinozawa, Tooru Kojo, Taka-aki Mastui, Toshihide Kumamoto, Akio Suzumura, I. Theodorou, R. Liblau, M. Uchuya, and J.-Y. Delattre

Lack of association between human leukocyte antigens and anti-Hu syndrome in patients with small-cell lung cancer
Neurology 1999 52: 431. [Full Text]  

Andrew J. Yee and Jean Schoenen

Effectiveness of high-dose riboflavin in migraine prophylaxis
Neurology 1999 52: 431. [Full Text]  

M. Nogués

Gastrointestinal symptoms in syringomyelia and syringobulbia
Neurology 1999 52: 432. [Full Text]  

Steven S. Scherer, Kenneth H. Fischbeck, Nazha Birouk, Eric LeGuern, and Pierre Bouche

Is CMTX an axonopathy?
Neurology 1999 52: 432. [Full Text]  

K. S. Cover, J. Petkau, D. K. B. Li, D. W. Paty, M. Filippi, M. P. Sormani, F. Barkhof, J. H. van Waesberghe, M. L. Gawne-Cain, D. H. Miller, C. Gasperini, and J. Grimaud

Lesion load reproducibility and statistical sensitivity of clinical trials in multiple sclerosis
Neurology 1999 52: 433. [Full Text]  

John R. Schottland and Joern P. Sieb

Ofloxacin in the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Neurology 1999 52: 435. [Full Text]  

CORRECTIONS:

Correction for vol. 51, p. 1057
Neurology 1999 52: 435. [Full Text]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Colin D. Hall, Robert J. Joynt, and Robert J. Joynt

The Neurology of AIDS
Neurology 1999 52: 436. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALENDAR:

Neurology 1999 52: 17A. [Full Text]  

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