IN THIS ISSUE:

February 11 Highlights
Neurology 2003 60: 357-359. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

G.F. Wooten

Agonists vs levodopa in PD: The thrilla of whitha
Neurology 2003 60: 360-362. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Judith A. Racoosin

Mortality in epilepsy: Searching for clues in populations and patients
Neurology 2003 60: 363-364. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel L. Labovitz and W. Allen Hauser

Preventing stroke-related seizures: When should anticonvulsant drugs be started?
Neurology 2003 60: 365-366. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

M. Shevell, S. Ashwal, D. Donley, J. Flint, M. Gingold, D. Hirtz, A. Majnemer, M. Noetzel, and R.D. Sheth

Practice parameter: Evaluation of the child with global developmental delay: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and The Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society
Neurology 2003 60: 367-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

J. Eric Ahlskog

Slowing Parkinson’s disease progression: Recent dopamine agonist trials
Neurology 2003 60: 381-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger L. Albin and Kirk A. Frey

Initial agonist treatment of Parkinson disease: A critique
Neurology 2003 60: 390-394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

David J. Strauss, Steven M. Day, Robert M. Shavelle, and Yvonne W. Wu

Remote symptomatic epilepsy: Does seizure severity increase mortality?
Neurology 2003 60: 395-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

C. Lamy, V. Domigo, F. Semah, C. Arquizan, D. Trystram, J. Coste, and J.L. Mas

Early and late seizures after cryptogenic ischemic stroke in young adults
Neurology 2003 60: 400-404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement] CME  

E. Kobayashi, M.D. D’Agostino, I. Lopes-Cendes, S.F. Berkovic, M.L. Li, E. Andermann, F. Andermann, and F. Cendes

Hippocampal atrophy and T2-weighted signal changes in familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
Neurology 2003 60: 405-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Deb K. Pal, Steven L. Kugler, David E. Mandelbaum, and Martina Durner

Phenotypic features of familial febrile seizures: Case-control study
Neurology 2003 60: 410-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J.S. Archer, R.S. Briellmann, A. Syngeniotis, D.F. Abbott, and G.D. Jackson

Spike-triggered fMRI in reading epilepsy: Involvement of left frontal cortex working memory area
Neurology 2003 60: 415-421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Granata, G. Gobbi, R. Spreafico, F. Vigevano, G. Capovilla, F. Ragona, E. Freri, L. Chiapparini, P. Bernasconi, L. Giordano, G. Bertani, M. Casazza, B. Dalla Bernardina, and L. Fusco

Rasmussen’s encephalitis: Early characteristics allow diagnosis
Neurology 2003 60: 422-425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

S. Meletti, F. Benuzzi, G. Rubboli, G. Cantalupo, M. Stanzani Maserati, P. Nichelli, and C.A. Tassinari

Impaired facial emotion recognition in early-onset right mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
Neurology 2003 60: 426-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Liotti, L.O. Ramig, D. Vogel, P. New, C.I. Cook, R.J. Ingham, J.C. Ingham, and P.T. Fox

Hypophonia in Parkinson’s disease: Neural correlates of voice treatment revealed by PET
Neurology 2003 60: 432-440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R.B. Lipton, A.I. Scher, T.J. Steiner, M.E. Bigal, K. Kolodner, J.N. Liberman, and W.F. Stewart

Patterns of health care utilization for migraine in England and in the United States
Neurology 2003 60: 441-448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H.R. Griffith, K. Belue, A. Sicola, S. Krzywanski, E. Zamrini, L. Harrell, and D.C. Marson

Impaired financial abilities in mild cognitive impairment: A direct assessment approach
Neurology 2003 60: 449-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Nodera, D.N. Herrmann, R.G. Holloway, and E.L. Logigian

A Bayesian argument against rigid cut-offs in electrodiagnosis of median neuropathy at the wrist
Neurology 2003 60: 458-464. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Roy Freeman, Karen P. Chase, and Marcelo R. Risk

Quantitative sensory testing cannot differentiate simulated sensory loss from sensory neuropathy
Neurology 2003 60: 465-470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kazim Sheikh and Claudia Bullock

Sex differences in carotid endarterectomy utilization and 30-day postoperative mortality
Neurology 2003 60: 471-476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. Boeve, J. McCormick, G. Smith, T. Ferman, T. Rummans, T. Carpenter, R. Ivnik, E. Kokmen, E. Tangalos, S. Edland, D. Knopman, and R. Petersen

Mild cognitive impairment in the oldest old
Neurology 2003 60: 477-480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. T. Du, N. Schuff, X. P. Zhu, W. J. Jagust, B. L. Miller, B. R. Reed, J. H. Kramer, D. Mungas, K. Yaffe, H. C. Chui, and M. W. Weiner

Atrophy rates of entorhinal cortex in AD and normal aging
Neurology 2003 60: 481-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

B. Hanna–Pladdy, K. M. Heilman, and A. L. Foundas

Ecological implications of ideomotor apraxia: Evidence from physical activities of daily living
Neurology 2003 60: 487-490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

S. Tigaran, H. Mølgaard, R. McClelland, M. Dam, and A.S. Jaffe

Evidence of cardiac ischemia during seizures in drug refractory epilepsy patients
Neurology 2003 60: 492-495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] CME  

Pavel Klein, Leonie M.A. van Passel-Clark, and John C. Pezzullo

Onset of epilepsy at the time of menarche
Neurology 2003 60: 495-497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bert J.M. de Swart, S. C. Willemse, B.A.M. Maassen, and M. W.I.M. Horstink

Improvement of voicing in patients with Parkinson’s disease by speech therapy
Neurology 2003 60: 498-500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] [Videos]  

C. Schneider–Gold, M. Beck, C. Wessig, A. George, H. Kele, K. Reiners, and K. V. Toyka

Creatine monohydrate in DM2/PROMM: A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical study
Neurology 2003 60: 500-502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Y. Takahashi, T. Takata, M. Hoshino, M. Sakurai, and I. Kanazawa

Benefit of IVIG for long-standing ataxic sensory neuronopathy with Sjögren’s syndrome
Neurology 2003 60: 503-505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Nyamkhishig Sambuughin, Astrid de Bantel, Shona McWilliams, and Kumaraswamy Sivakumar

Deafness and CMT disease associated with a novel four amino acid deletion in the PMP22 gene
Neurology 2003 60: 506-508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Etgen, C. Bischoff, M. Resch, K. Winbeck, B. Conrad, and D. Sander

Obstacles in the diagnosis and treatment of syphilitic amyotrophy
Neurology 2003 60: 509-511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K.S. Wong, Y.L. Chan, J.Y. Liu, S. Gao, and W. W.M. Lam

Asymptomatic microbleeds as a risk factor for aspirin-associated intracerebral hemorrhages
Neurology 2003 60: 511-513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

C. Ishida, A. Kakishima, S. Okino, Y. Furukawa, M. Kano, Y. Oda, I. Nakanishi, T. Makifuchi, T. Kitamoto, and M. Yamada

Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease with MM1-type prion protein and plaques
Neurology 2003 60: 514-517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Lisa M. Shulman, Alireza Minagar, and William J. Weiner

Reversal of parkinsonism following liver transplantation
Neurology 2003 60: 519. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Javadpour, P.R. Eldridge, T.R.K. Varma, J.B. Miles, and T.J. Nurmikko

Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia in patients over 70 years of age
Neurology 2003 60: 520. [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Doi, M. Nakamura, T. Suenaga, and S. Hashimoto

Transient eye and nose pain as an initial symptom of pontine infarction
Neurology 2003 60: 521-523. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J.N. Caviness, C.H. Adler, R.J. Caselli, and J.L. Hernandez

Electrophysiology of the myoclonus in dementia with Lewy bodies
Neurology 2003 60: 523-524. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

NEUROIMAGES:

Hamid Sami, Elliott Ross, Max Walter, and Sunil Goli

Split spinal cord (diastematomyelia)
Neurology 2003 60: 491. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Susanna Moskau, Horst Urbach, Alexander Hartmann, and Stephan Schmidt

Multifocal myelitis in Behçet’s disease
Neurology 2003 60: 517. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Karen C. Johnston and William F. Marx, Jr.

Microhemorrhages on gradient echo MRI
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CORRESPONDENCE:

Stuart R. Snider and Franz H. Messerli

Blood pressure control in stroke patients What should the consulting neurologist advise?
Neurology 2003 60: 525. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taranath Shetty, C.J. Ploner, and A. Kupsch

Ocular flutter in a patient with intracranial hypertension following cerebral venous thrombosis
Neurology 2003 60: 525. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Tsuboi, R.J. Uitti, M. Baker, M.L. Hutton, and Z.K. Wszolek

Clinical features of frontotemporal dementia due to the intronic tau 10⁺¹⁶ mutation
Neurology 2003 60: 525-526. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Una B. Fallon, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, P.J. Kelly, J. Rosand, V. Shih, J. Kistler, and K.L. Furie

Homocysteine, MTHFR 677CT polymorphism, and risk of ischemic stroke: Results of a meta-analysis
Neurology 2003 60: 526-527. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massimo Cincotta, Alessandra Borgheresi, Fabrizio Balestrieri, Gaetano Zaccara, Kirn R. Kessler, Alfons Schnitzler, Joseph Classen, and Reiner Benecke

Reduced inhibition within primary motor cortex in patients with poststroke focal motor seizures
Neurology 2003 60: 527-528. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

To: Neuropsychological profiles predict regional neuropathology 5 years later
Neurology 2003 60: 528. [Full Text] [PDF]  

To: The chemokine receptor CCR5 deletion mutation is associated with MS in HLA-DR4-positive Russians
Neurology 2003 60: 528. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
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Ann Pakalnis

Book Review
Neurology 2003 60: 529. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Books Received
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