IN THIS ISSUE:

May 14 Highlights
Neurology 2002 58: 1319-1320. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Michael Donaghy

Assessing the risk of drug-induced neurologic disorders: Statins and neuropathy
Neurology 2002 58: 1321-1322. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alan J. Thompson and David Baker

Cannabinoids in MS: Potentially useful but not just yet!
Neurology 2002 58: 1323-1324. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James M. Gebel and William J. Powers

Emergency craniotomy for intracerebral hemorrhage: When doesn’t it help and does it ever help?
Neurology 2002 58: 1325-1326. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

Bernhard Walder, Martin R. Tramèr, and Margitta Seeck

Seizure-like phenomena and propofol: A systematic review
Neurology 2002 58: 1327-1332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

ARTICLES:

D. Gaist, U. Jeppesen, M. Andersen, L. A. García Rodríguez, J. Hallas, and S. H. Sindrup

Statins and risk of polyneuropathy: A case-control study
Neurology 2002 58: 1333-1337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Palmini, C. Chandler, F. Andermann, J. Costa da Costa, E. Paglioli–Neto, C. Polkey, B. Rosenblatt, J. Montes, J. V. Martínez, J. P. Farmer, B. Sinclair, K. Aronyk, E. Paglioli, L. Coutinho, S. Raupp, and M. Portuguez

Resection of the lesion in patients with hypothalamic hamartomas and catastrophic epilepsy
Neurology 2002 58: 1338-1347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G. Farhat, B. Yamout, M. A. Mikati, S. Demirjian, R. Sawaya, and G. El-Hajj Fuleihan

Effect of antiepileptic drugs on bone density in ambulatory patients
Neurology 2002 58: 1348-1353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

E. Mercuri, Y. Yuva, S. C. Brown, M. Brockington, M. Kinali, H. Jungbluth, L. Feng, C. A. Sewry, and F. Muntoni

Collagen VI involvement in Ullrich syndrome: A clinical, genetic, and immunohistochemical study
Neurology 2002 58: 1354-1359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Osama O. Zaidat and Robert L. Ruff

Treatment of spinal epidural metastasis improves patient survival and functional state
Neurology 2002 58: 1360-1366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alejandro A. Rabinstein, John L. Atkinson, and Eelco F.M. Wijdicks

Emergency craniotomy in patients worsening due to expanded cerebral hematoma: To what purpose?
Neurology 2002 58: 1367-1372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Silber, Y. K. Semra, N.A. Gregson, and M. K. Sharief

Patients with progressive multiple sclerosis have elevated antibodies to neurofilament subunit
Neurology 2002 58: 1372-1381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. A. Hernán, H. Checkoway, R. O’Brien, P. Costa–Mallen, I. De Vivo, G. A. Colditz, D. J. Hunter, K. T. Kelsey, and A. Ascherio

MAOB intron 13 and COMT codon 158 polymorphisms, cigarette smoking, and the risk of PD
Neurology 2002 58: 1381-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. S. Perlmutter, J. W. Mink, A. J. Bastian, K. Zackowski, T. Hershey, E. Miyawaki, W. Koller, and T. O. Videen

Blood flow responses to deep brain stimulation of thalamus
Neurology 2002 58: 1388-1394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

HISTORICAL NEUROLOGY:

J. Pearn and C. Gardner–Thorpe

Jules Cotard (1840–1889): His life and the unique syndrome which bears his name
Neurology 2002 58: 1400-1403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEDICAL HYPOTHESIS:

A. McCaddon, B. Regland, P. Hudson, and G. Davies

Functional vitamin B₁₂ deficiency and Alzheimer disease
Neurology 2002 58: 1395-1399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

J. Killestein, E. L.J. Hoogervorst, M. Reif, N. F. Kalkers, A. C. van Loenen, P. G.M. Staats, R. W. Gorter, B. M.J. Uitdehaag, and C. H. Polman

Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of orally administered cannabinoids in MS
Neurology 2002 58: 1404-1407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Tonon, S. Guttmann, M. Volpini, S. Naccarato, P. Cortelli, and R. D’Alessandro

Prevalence and incidence of cluster headache in the Republic of San Marino
Neurology 2002 58: 1407-1409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Bagnato, C. Pozzilli, C. Scagnolari, F. Bellomi, P. Pasqualetti, C. Gasperini, E. Millefiorini, S. Galgani, M. Spadaro, and G. Antonelli

A one-year study on the pharmacodynamic profile of interferon-ß1a in MS
Neurology 2002 58: 1409-1411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. Takahashi, M. Kawamura, and S. Araki

Isolated hand palsy due to cortical infarction: Localization of the motor hand area
Neurology 2002 58: 1412-1414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Tokuda, T. Oide, A. Tamaoka, K. Ishii, S. Matsuno, and S. Ikeda

Prednisolone (30–60 mg/day) for diseases other than AD decreases amyloid ß-peptides in CSF
Neurology 2002 58: 1415-1418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K. Kompoliti, C. H. Adler, R. Raman, J. H. Pincus, M. T. Leibowitz, J. J. Ferry, L. Blasucci, J. N. Caviness, S. Leurgans, W. M. Chase, L. C. Yones, E. Tan, P. Carvey, and C. G. Goetz

Gender and pramipexole effects on levodopa pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
Neurology 2002 58: 1418-1422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Lene Wermuth, Henning Pakkenberg, and Bernard Jeune

High age-adjusted prevalence of Parkinson’s disease among Inuits in Greenland
Neurology 2002 58: 1422-1425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. H. Wallace, I. E. Scheffer, G. Parasivam, S. Barnett, G. B. Wallace, G. R. Sutherland, S. F. Berkovic, and J. C. Mulley

Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus: Mutation of the sodium channel subunit SCN1B
Neurology 2002 58: 1426-1429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

C. Depondt, W. Van Paesschen, G. Matthijs, E. Legius, K. Martens, P. Demaerel, and G. Wilms

Familial temporal lobe epilepsy with febrile seizures
Neurology 2002 58: 1429-1433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supplementary data]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

J. George Quintana, Eric C. Drew, Thomas E. Richtsmeier, and Larry E. Davis

Vertebral artery dissection and stroke following neck manipulation by Native American healer
Neurology 2002 58: 1434. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. M. Woulfe, R. Duke, J. M. Middeldorp, S. Stevens, M. Vervoort, M. Hashimoto, E. Masliah, P. Chan, D. A. Di Monte, J. W. Langston, G. Petzinger, H. Hoogendoorn, and D. G. Munoz

Absence of elevated anti–-synuclein and anti-EBV latent membrane protein antibodies in PD
Neurology 2002 58: 1435. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nunzio Pomara, P. Murali Doraiswamy, Hla Tun, and Steven Ferris

Mifepristone (RU 486) for Alzheimer’s disease
Neurology 2002 58: 1436. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masaaki Odaka, Nobuhiro Yuki, Yukihiro Nishimoto, and Koichi Hirata

Guillain–Barré syndrome presenting with loss of taste
Neurology 2002 58: 1437-1438. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Mirela Draganescu, Matthew Daka, and Ramon Manon-Espaillat

Epidural lipomatosis
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A. Semmler, H. Urbach, and T. Klockgether

Giant cell arteritis causing multiple vertebro-basilar infarcts
Neurology 2002 58: 1399. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Aizawa, N. Makiguchi, T. Katayama, S. Koyama, and K. Kikuchi

Cheiro-oral syndrome due to a midbrain lesion
Neurology 2002 58: 1414. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Kremer, S. Grand, Y. Dananchet, L. Minotti, G. Besson, A. Ait Ameur, P. Kahane, and J. F. Le Bas

MRI during postangiography headache
Neurology 2002 58: 1425. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Michael Graham Espey, Anthony S. Basile, Robert K. Heaton, Ronald J. Ellis, A. Aliprandi, M. Longoni, L. Tremolizzo, and Carlo Ferrarese

Increased glutamate in CSF and plasma of patients with HIV dementia
Neurology 2002 58: 1439-1440. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David Gurwitz, Joab Chapman, and Abraham Weizman

Head circumference and incident Alzheimer’s disease: Modification by apolipoprotein E
Neurology 2002 58: 1440. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nancy D. Richert, M. Filippi, M. Rovaris, M.A. Rocca, M.P. Sormani, G. Comi, and J.S. Wolinsky

Glatiramer acetate reduces the proportion of new MS lesions evolving into "black holes"
Neurology 2002 58: 1440. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Enzo Ballotta, Bruce A. Evans, and Eelco F. M. Wijdicks

High-grade carotid stenosis detected before general surgery: Is endarterectomy indicated?
Neurology 2002 58: 1442-1443. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander Mauskop, Z. Katsarava, G. Fritsche, M. Muessig, H.C. Diener, and V. Limmroth

Clinical features of withdrawal headache following overuse of triptans and other headache drugs
Neurology 2002 58: 1443-1444. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward D. Gomperts and Fred Darr

Rapid infusion of intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with neuromuscular diseases
Neurology 2002 58: 1444. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

To: Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN): Case report and two novel mutations in the gigaxonin gene
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DEPARTMENTS:

Jeffrey C. Allen and John W. Gittinger, Jr.

Book Reviews
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CALENDAR:

Calendar
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