IN THIS ISSUE:

April 22 Highlights
Neurology 2003 60: 1225-1227. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

Richard T. Johnson

Smallpox: The threat of bioterrorism and the risk of the vaccine
Neurology 2003 60: 1228-1229. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew P. Wicklund and David Hilton-Jones

The limb-girdle muscular dystrophies: Genetic and phenotypic definition of a disputed entity
Neurology 2003 60: 1230-1231. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Rottenberg

Why Rome trembles: "È avanti a lui tremava tutta Roma!" (Tosca, Act II)
Neurology 2003 60: 1232-1233. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLES:

B.M. Ravina, S.C. Fagan, R.G. Hart, C.A. Hovinga, D.D. Murphy, T.M. Dawson, and J.R. Marler

Neuroprotective agents for clinical trials in Parkinson’s disease: A systematic assessment
Neurology 2003 60: 1234-1240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

John Booss and Larry E. Davis

Smallpox and smallpox vaccination: Neurological implications
Neurology 2003 60: 1241-1245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

M. Poppe, L. Cree, J. Bourke, M. Eagle, L.V.B. Anderson, D. Birchall, M. Brockington, M. Buddles, M. Busby, F. Muntoni, A. Wills, and K. Bushby

The phenotype of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I
Neurology 2003 60: 1246-1251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] CME  

P.G. Ince, J. Evans, M. Knopp, G. Forster, H.H.M. Hamdalla, S.B. Wharton, and P.J. Shaw

Corticospinal tract degeneration in the progressive muscular atrophy variant of ALS
Neurology 2003 60: 1252-1258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Zhai, F. Pagan, J. Statland, J. A. Butman, and M. K. Floeter

Primary lateral sclerosis: A heterogeneous disorder composed of different subtypes?
Neurology 2003 60: 1258-1265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E. Stroup, J. Langfitt, M. Berg, M. McDermott, W. Pilcher, and P. Como

Predicting verbal memory decline following anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL)
Neurology 2003 60: 1266-1273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

R.H. Dworkin, A.E. Corbin, J.P. Young, Jr., U. Sharma, L. LaMoreaux, H. Bockbrader, E.A. Garofalo, and R.M. Poole

Pregabalin for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Neurology 2003 60: 1274-1283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

S. H. Sindrup, F. W. Bach, C. Madsen, L. F. Gram, and T. S. Jensen

Venlafaxine versus imipramine in painful polyneuropathy: A randomized, controlled trial
Neurology 2003 60: 1284-1289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Rosati, Y. Aghakhani, A. Bernasconi, A. Olivier, F. Andermann, J. Gotman, and F. Dubeau

Intractable temporal lobe epilepsy with rare spikes is less severe than with frequent spikes
Neurology 2003 60: 1290-1295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun Natsume, Neda Bernasconi, Frederick Andermann, and Andrea Bernasconi

MRI volumetry of the thalamus in temporal, extratemporal, and idiopathic generalized epilepsy
Neurology 2003 60: 1296-1300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Fatemi, P.B. Barker, A.M. Ulug, L.M. Nagae-Poetscher, N.J. Beauchamp, A.B. Moser, G.V. Raymond, H.W. Moser, and S. Naidu

MRI and proton MRSI in women heterozygous for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
Neurology 2003 60: 1301-1307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. Breslau, R. B. Lipton, W. F. Stewart, L. R. Schultz, and K. M.A. Welch

Comorbidity of migraine and depression: Investigating potential etiology and prognosis
Neurology 2003 60: 1308-1312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria-Felice Ghilardi, David Eidelberg, Giulia Silvestri, and Claude Ghez

The differential effect of PD and normal aging on early explicit sequence learning
Neurology 2003 60: 1313-1319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Jernigan, Y. Morcos, S.M. Lee, F.C. Dohan, Jr., C. Raine, and M.C. Levin

IgG in brain correlates with clinicopathological damage in HTLV-1 associated neurologic disease
Neurology 2003 60: 1320-1327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. S. Goldstein, C. Holmes, Y. Sharabi, S. Brentzel, and G. Eisenhofer

Plasma levels of catechols and metanephrines in neurogenic orthostatic hypotension
Neurology 2003 60: 1327-1332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

HISTORICAL NEUROLOGY:

Christopher G. Goetz

The prefaces by Charcot: Leitmotifs of an international career
Neurology 2003 60: 1333-1340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

A. Driss, S. Noguchi, R. Amouri, M. Kefi, T. Sasaki, K. Sugie, S. Souilem, Y.K. Hayashi, N. Shimizu, S. Minoshima, J. Kudoh, F. Hentati, and I. Nishino

Fukutin-related protein gene mutated in the original kindred limb-girdle MD 2I
Neurology 2003 60: 1341-1344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] CME  

Fernando L. Pagan, John A. Butman, James M. Dambrosia, and Mark Hallett

Evaluation of essential tremor with multi-voxel magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Neurology 2003 60: 1344-1347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Meyer, B. Alber, K. Roemer, T. Martin, V.M. Kalscheuer, E. Göttert, K.D. Zang, A.C. Ludolph, H.-H. Ropers, and J. Prudlo

High rate of constitutional chromosomal rearrangements in apparently sporadic ALS
Neurology 2003 60: 1348-1350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

T. Wieser, M. Deschauer, K. Olek, T. Hermann, and S. Zierz

Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency: Molecular and biochemical analysis of 32 patients
Neurology 2003 60: 1351-1353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

A. Agostino, L. Valletta, P.F. Chinnery, G. Ferrari, F. Carrara, R.W. Taylor, A.M. Schaefer, D.M. Turnbull, V. Tiranti, and M. Zeviani

Mutations of ANT1, Twinkle, and POLG1 in sporadic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO)
Neurology 2003 60: 1354-1356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Deschauer, C. Bamberg, D. Claus, S. Zierz, D.M. Turnbull, and R.W. Taylor

Late-onset encephalopathy associated with a C11777A mutation of mitochondrial DNA
Neurology 2003 60: 1357-1359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R.G. Jarrar, D.F. Black, D.W. Dodick, and D.H. Davis

Outcome of trigeminal nerve section in the treatment of chronic cluster headache
Neurology 2003 60: 1360-1362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

Ulrike Schara, Wolfram Kress, Jens Tücke, and Wilhelm Mortier

X-linked myotubular myopathy in a female infant caused by a new MTM1 gene mutation
Neurology 2003 60: 1363-1365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A.I. Scher, R.B. Lipton, and W.F. Stewart

Habitual snoring as a risk factor for chronic daily headache
Neurology 2003 60: 1366-1368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement] CME  

V.W. Henderson, J.R. Guthrie, E.C. Dudley, H.G. Burger, and L. Dennerstein

Estrogen exposures and memory at midlife: A population-based study of women
Neurology 2003 60: 1369-1371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. L. Bachman, R. C. Green, K. S. Benke, L. A. Cupples, and L. A. Farrer

Comparison of Alzheimer’s disease risk factors in white and African American families
Neurology 2003 60: 1372-1374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Chételat, B. Desgranges, V. de la Sayette, F. Viader, F. Eustache, and J.-C. Baron

Mild cognitive impairment: Can FDG-PET predict who is to rapidly convert to Alzheimer’s disease?
Neurology 2003 60: 1374-1377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. Rawal, M. Periquet, E. Lohmann, C.B. Lücking, H.A. Teive, G. Ambrosio, S. Raskin, S. Lincoln, N. Hattori, J. Guimaraes, M.W.I.M. Horstink, W. Dos Santos Bele, E. Brousolle, A. Destée, Y. Mizuno, M. Farrer, J.-F. Deleuze, G. De Michele, Y. Agid, A. Dürr, and A. Brice

New parkin mutations and atypical phenotypes in families with autosomal recessive parkinsonism
Neurology 2003 60: 1378-1381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F.A. de Falco, P. Striano, A. de Falco, S. Striano, R. Santangelo, A. Perretti, P. Balbi, M. Cecconi, and F. Zara

Benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy: Genetic heterogeneity and allelism with ADCME
Neurology 2003 60: 1381-1385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Vern C. Juel and Karen C. Johnston

Predict Resident Exam Performance (PREP) Study
Neurology 2003 60: 1385-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C.M. Marra, D. Lockhart, J.R. Zunt, M. Perrin, R.W. Coombs, and A.C. Collier

Changes in CSF and plasma HIV-1 RNA and cognition after starting potent antiretroviral therapy
Neurology 2003 60: 1388-1390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Dianna Quan, Mary Wellish, and Donald H. Gilden

Topical ketamine treatment of postherpetic neuralgia
Neurology 2003 60: 1391-1392. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luis F. Pary and Robert L. Rodnitzky

Traumatic internal carotid artery dissection associated with taekwondo
Neurology 2003 60: 1392-1393. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R. Inzelberg, N. Hattori, P. Nisipeanu, S. Abo Mouch, S.C. Blumen, R.L. Carasso, and Y. Mizuno

Camptocormia, axial dystonia, and parkinsonism: Phenotypic heterogeneity of a parkin mutation
Neurology 2003 60: 1393-1394. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Kinrions, N. Ibrahim, K. Murphy, A.-E. Lehesjoki, I. Järvela, and N. Delanty

Efficacy of levetiracetam in a patient with Unverricht-Lundborg progressive myoclonic epilepsy
Neurology 2003 60: 1394-1395. [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Citerio, A. Nobili, L. Airoldi, R. Pastorelli, and A. Patruno

Severe intoxication after phenytoin infusion: A preventable pharmacogenetic adverse reaction
Neurology 2003 60: 1395-1396. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PATIENT PAGES:

Steven Lovitt

Treatment of postherpetic neuralgia
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CORRESPONDENCE:

H. Wiendl, M. Mehling, J. Dichgans, A. Melms, K. Bürk, Ulrich Wurster, M. Hadjivassiliou, C.A. Williamson, and N.M. Woodroofe

The humoral response in the pathogenesis of gluten ataxia
Neurology 2003 60: 1397-1399. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Kölker, G.F. Hoffmann, O. Bähr, and J.B. Schulz

Adult onset glutaric aciduria type I presenting with a leukoencephalopathy
Neurology 2003 60: 1399. [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Howard Jaster, Harvey B. Niell, F. Curtis Dohan, Jr., Thomas W. Smith, D. Brassat, C. Recher, F. Rigal-Huguet, G. Laurent, M. Clanet, E. Waubant, E. Le Page, and G. Edan

Therapy-related acute myeloblastic leukemia after mitoxantrone treatment in a patient with MS
Neurology 2003 60: 1399-1400. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

To: Practice Parameter: Temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, in Association with the American Epilepsy Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
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Antonio Culebras

International Newsletter
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Vijay Dhawan, Ruth Nass, and Anssi Auvinen

Book Reviews
Neurology 2003 60: 1401-1402. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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