IN THIS ISSUE:

January 8 Highlights
Neurology 2002 58: 1-2. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL MESSAGE:

Robert C. Griggs and Kathleen M. Pieper

New Features in Neurology
Neurology 2002 58: 3-4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

James J. Corbett and Kathleen Digre

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: An answer to, "the chicken or the egg?"
Neurology 2002 58: 5-6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew D. Goodman and David H. Miller

Infections and MS: Clinical trials move to center stage
Neurology 2002 58: 7-8. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Swash and Richard Beresford

Brain death: Still-unresolved issues worldwide
Neurology 2002 58: 9-10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

J. M. Miyasaki, W. Martin, O. Suchowersky, W. J. Weiner, and A. E. Lang

Practice parameter: Initiation of treatment for Parkinson’s disease: An evidence-based review: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology
Neurology 2002 58: 11-17. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

IN MEMORIAM:

Shin J. Oh, Ruben Kuzniecky, and Robert C. Griggs

John N. Whitaker, MD
Neurology 2002 58: 18-19. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

Eelco F.M. Wijdicks

Brain death worldwide: Accepted fact but no global consensus in diagnostic criteria
Neurology 2002 58: 20-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

J. O. King, P. J. Mitchell, K. R. Thomson, and B. M. Tress

Manometry combined with cervical puncture in idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Neurology 2002 58: 26-30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Bech, J. Lycke, P. Gadeberg, H.J. Hansen, C. Malmeström, O. Andersen, T. Christensen, S. Ekholm, S. Haahr, P. Höllsberg, T. Bergström, B. Svennerholm, and J. Jakobsen

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled MRI study of anti–herpes virus therapy in MS
Neurology 2002 58: 31-36. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G.C. Pope, C.J. Urato, E.D. Kulas, R. Kronick, and T. Gilmer

Prevalence, expenditures, utilization, and payment for persons with MS in insured populations
Neurology 2002 58: 37-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph R. Berger, Elif Arioglu Oral, and Simeon I. Taylor

Familial lipodystrophy associated with neurodegeneration and congenital cataracts
Neurology 2002 58: 43-47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. R. Benson, C. R.G. Guttmann, X. Wei, S. K. Warfield, C. Hall, J. A. Schmidt, R. Kikinis, and L. I. Wolfson

Older people with impaired mobility have specific loci of periventricular abnormality on MRI
Neurology 2002 58: 48-55. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David L. Nyenhuis, Philip B. Gorelick, Sally Freels, and David C. Garron

Cognitive and functional decline in African Americans with VaD, AD, and stroke without dementia
Neurology 2002 58: 56-61. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. W. Hill, R. Futterman, S. Duttagupta, V. Mastey, J. R. Lloyd, and H. Fillit

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias increase costs of comorbidities in managed Medicare
Neurology 2002 58: 62-70. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jason J.S. Barton, Daniel Z. Press, Julian P. Keenan, and Margaret O’Connor

Lesions of the fusiform face area impair perception of facial configuration in prosopagnosia
Neurology 2002 58: 71-78. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. E. Maher, L. I. Golbe, A. M. Lazzarini, M. H. Mark, L. J. Currie, G. F. Wooten, M. Saint-Hilaire, J. B. Wilk, J. Volcjak, J. E. Maher, R. G. Feldman, M. Guttman, M. Lew, S. Schuman, O. Suchowersky, A. L. Lafontaine, N. Labelle, P. Vieregge, P. P. Pramstaller, C. Klein, J. Hubble, C. Reider, J. Growdon, R. Watts, E. Montgomery, K. Baker, C. Singer, M. Stacy, and R.H. Myers

Epidemiologic study of 203 sibling pairs with Parkinson’s disease: The GenePD study
Neurology 2002 58: 79-84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K.A. Fredericksen, L.E. Cutting, W.R. Kates, S.H. Mostofsky, H.S. Singer, K.L. Cooper, D.C. Lanham, M.B. Denckla, and W.E. Kaufmann

Disproportionate increases of white matter in right frontal lobe in Tourette syndrome
Neurology 2002 58: 85-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Galasko, D. P. Salmon, U.-K. Craig, L. J. Thal, G. Schellenberg, and W. Wiederholt

Clinical features and changing patterns of neurodegenerative disorders on Guam, 1997–2000
Neurology 2002 58: 90-97. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]  

H.M. Hamer, H.H. Morris, E.J. Mascha, M.T. Karafa, W.E. Bingaman, M.D. Bej, R.C. Burgess, D.S. Dinner, N.R. Foldvary, J.F. Hahn, P. Kotagal, I. Najm, E. Wyllie, and H.O. Lüders

Complications of invasive video-EEG monitoring with subdural grid electrodes
Neurology 2002 58: 97-103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Terence J. O’Brien, Harold Moses, Denise Cambier, and Gregory D. Cascino

Age of meningitis or encephalitis is independently predictive of outcome from anterior temporal lobectomy
Neurology 2002 58: 104-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Ito, H. Aiba, K. Hashimoto, S. Kuroki, K. Tomiwa, T. Okuno, H. Hattori, T. Go, H. Sejima, S. Dejima, H. Ikeda, M. Yoshioka, O. Kanazawa, T. Kawamitsu, J. Ochi, N. Miki, H. Noma, K. Oguro, N. Ozaki, A. Tamamoto, T. Matsubara, T. Miyajima, T. Fujii, Y. Konishi, T. Okuno, and H. Hojo

Low-dose ACTH therapy for West syndrome: Initial effects and long-term outcome
Neurology 2002 58: 110-114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Polydefkis, C.T. Yiannoutsos, B.A. Cohen, H. Hollander, G. Schifitto, D.B. Clifford, D.M. Simpson, D. Katzenstein, S. Shriver, P. Hauer, A. Brown, A.B. Haidich, L. Moo, and J.C. McArthur

Reduced intraepidermal nerve fiber density in HIV-associated sensory neuropathy
Neurology 2002 58: 115-119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

R. H. Walker, M. F. Brin, D. Sandu, P. F. Good, and P. Shashidharan

TorsinA immunoreactivity in brains of patients with DYT1 and non-DYT1 dystonia
Neurology 2002 58: 120-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Misbahuddin, M.R. Placzek, K.R. Chaudhuri, N.W. Wood, K.P. Bhatia, and T.T. Warner

A polymorphism in the dopamine receptor DRD5 is associated with blepharospasm
Neurology 2002 58: 124-126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Minghetti, F. Cardone, A. Greco, M. Puopolo, G. Levi, A. J.E. Green, R. Knight, and M. Pocchiari

Increased CSF levels of prostaglandin E₂ in variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Neurology 2002 58: 127-129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. B. Singhal, V. S. Caviness, A. F. Begleiter, E. J. Mark, G. Rordorf, and W. J. Koroshetz

Cerebral vasoconstriction and stroke after use of serotonergic drugs
Neurology 2002 58: 130-133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. B. van der Worp, L. J. Kappelle, A. Algra, P. R. Bär, J. M. Orgogozo, E. B. Ringelstein, P. M.W. Bath, and J. van Gijn

The effect of tirilazad mesylate on infarct volume of patients with acute ischemic stroke
Neurology 2002 58: 133-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Curtis W. Noonan, Steven J. Kathman, and Mary C. White

Prevalence estimates for MS in the United States and evidence of an increasing trend for women
Neurology 2002 58: 136-138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Claassen, J. K. Lokin, B.-F. M. Fitzsimmons, F. A. Mendelsohn, and S. A. Mayer

Predictors of functional disability and mortality after status epilepticus
Neurology 2002 58: 139-142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Keegan, A. A. Pineda, R. L. McClelland, C. H. Darby, M. Rodriguez, and B. G. Weinshenker

Plasma exchange for severe attacks of CNS demyelination: Predictors of response
Neurology 2002 58: 143-146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Roshan Koul and Dirk Deleu

Subtherapeutic free phenytoin levels following fosphenytoin therapy in status epilepticus
Neurology 2002 58: 147-148. [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Schmierer, P. Grosse, P. De Camilli, M. Solimena, S. Floyd, and R. Zschenderlein

Paraneoplastic stiff-person syndrome: No tumor progression over 5 years
Neurology 2002 58: 148. [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Haïk, J.P. Brandel, C. Oppenheim, V. Sazdovitch, D. Dormont, J.J. Hauw, and C. Marsault

Sporadic CJD clinically mimicking variant CJD with bilateral increased signal in the pulvinar
Neurology 2002 58: 148. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

V. Ramachandran, A. Church, G. Giovannoni, and K. P. Bhatia

Anti–basal ganglia antibodies are absent in patients with primary blepharospasm
Neurology 2002 58: 150. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. E. Roberts, M. J. Steiger, and I. K. Hart

Presentation of myasthenia gravis mimicking blepharospasm
Neurology 2002 58: 150. [Full Text] [PDF]  

OMBUDSMAN'S REPORT:

Jack P. Whisnant

Report of the Ombudsman for Neurology
Neurology 2002 58: 155. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, and Jimmy R. Fulgham

Meningioma disguised as cerebral hematoma
Neurology 2002 58: 146. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Steven Frucht, Paul E. Greene, William J. Weiner, C.W. Olanow, R.L. Watts, W.C. Koller, Karl Kieburtz, and Robert C. Griggs

An algorithm (decision tree) for the management of Parkinson's disease (2001): Treatment guidelines
Neurology 2002 58: 156-157. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael I. Weintraub, S. Mandel, J. Esposito, J.E. Gordon, E.A. Maitz, D.J. Massari, H. Mandel, Helge Kasch, Flemming W. Bach, and Troels S. Jensen

Handicap after acute whiplash injury
Neurology 2002 58: 157. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey O. Berman, Rosalie A. Burns, and Stephen C. Scheiber

Recertification for neurologists
Neurology 2002 58: 159. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James G. Colebatch, H. Rambold, W. Heide, A. Sprenger, G. Haendler, and C. Helmchen

Perilymph fistula associated with pulse-synchronous eye oscillations
Neurology 2002 58: 159. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dirk Brandstädter, Wolfgang H. Oertel, Richard B. Dewey, Jr., and Padraig E. O’Suilleabhain

Treatment of drug-induced psychosis with quetiapine and clozapine in Parkinson's disease
Neurology 2002 58: 160. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah N. Black, Robert Harris, Raphael Schiffmann, Kondi Wong, Enrico Bertini, Diana Rodriguez, Carlo Dionisi-Vici, and Odile Boespflug-Tanguy

Fatal infantile leukodystrophy: A severe variant of CACH/VWM syndrome, allelic to chromosome 3q27
Neurology 2002 58: 161. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
Neurology 2002 58: 24. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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