IN THIS ISSUE:

April 8 Highlights
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EDITORIALS:

David Knopman and Victor W. Henderson

DHEA for Alzheimer’s disease: A modest showing by a superhormone
Neurology 2003 60: 1060-1061. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Terrence D. Lagerlund and Robert A. Gross

DC-EEG recording: A paradigm shift in seizure localization?
Neurology 2003 60: 1062-1063. [Full Text] [PDF]  

VIEWS & REVIEWS:

R.B. Lipton, S.D. Silberstein, J.R. Saper, M.E. Bigal, and P.J. Goadsby

Why headache treatment fails
Neurology 2003 60: 1064-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

ARTICLES:

O.M. Wolkowitz, J.H. Kramer, V.I. Reus, M.M. Costa, K. Yaffe, P. Walton, M. Raskind, E. Peskind, P. Newhouse, D. Sack, E. De Souza, C. Sadowsky, E. Roberts, and the DHEA-Alzheimer’s Disease Collaborative Research Group

DHEA treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
Neurology 2003 60: 1071-1076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Bretsky, J. M. Guralnik, L. Launer, M. Albert, and T. E. Seeman

The role of APOE-4 in longitudinal cognitive decline: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging
Neurology 2003 60: 1077-1081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J.A. Schneider, R.S. Wilson, E.J. Cochran, J.L. Bienias, S.E. Arnold, D.A. Evans, and D.A. Bennett

Relation of cerebral infarctions to dementia and cognitive function in older persons
Neurology 2003 60: 1082-1088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C.H. Kawas, M.M. Corrada, R. Brookmeyer, A. Morrison, S.M. Resnick, A.B. Zonderman, and D. Arenberg

Visual memory predicts Alzheimer’s disease more than a decade before diagnosis
Neurology 2003 60: 1089-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. Lomen-Hoerth, J. Murphy, S. Langmore, J. H. Kramer, R. K. Olney, and B. Miller

Are amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients cognitively normal?
Neurology 2003 60: 1094-1097. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] CME  

S. Vanhatalo, M.D. Holmes, P. Tallgren, J. Voipio, K. Kaila, and J.W. Miller

Very slow EEG responses lateralize temporal lobe seizures: An evaluation of non-invasive DC-EEG
Neurology 2003 60: 1098-1104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Marco Mula, Michael R. Trimble, Pamela Thompson, and Josemir W.A.S. Sander

Topiramate and word-finding difficulties in patients with epilepsy
Neurology 2003 60: 1104-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. L. Sheen, M. Topçu, S. Berkovic, D. Yalnizoglu, I. Blatt, A. Bodell, R. S. Hill, V. S. Ganesh, T. J. Cherry, Y. Y. Shugart, and C. A. Walsh

Autosomal recessive form of periventricular heterotopia
Neurology 2003 60: 1108-1112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

I. J. Torres, A. J. Mundt, P. J. Sweeney, S. Llanes–Macy, L. Dunaway, M. Castillo, and R. L. Macdonald

A longitudinal neuropsychological study of partial brain radiation in adults with brain tumors
Neurology 2003 60: 1113-1118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Carol Ewing Garber and Joseph H. Friedman

Effects of fatigue on physical activity and function in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2003 60: 1119-1124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

J. W. Miller, J. Selhub, M. R. Nadeau, C. A. Thomas, R. G. Feldman, and P. A. Wolf

Effect of L-dopa on plasma homocysteine in PD patients: Relationship to B-vitamin status
Neurology 2003 60: 1125-1129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L. Scahill, J.F. Leckman, R.T. Schultz, L. Katsovich, and B.S. Peterson

A placebo-controlled trial of risperidone in Tourette syndrome
Neurology 2003 60: 1130-1135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P. Reich, J. Winkler, A. Straube, H.J. Steiger, and A. Peraud

Molecular genetic investigations in the CCM1 gene in sporadic cerebral cavernomas
Neurology 2003 60: 1135-1138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement] CME  

S.L. Hyman, D.S. Gill, E.A. Shores, A. Steinberg, P. Joy, S.V. Gibikote, and K.N. North

Natural history of cognitive deficits and their relationship to MRI T2-hyperintensities in NF1
Neurology 2003 60: 1139-1145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. Chiò, D. Cocito, M. Leone, M.T. Giordana, G. Mora, R. Mutani, and the Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta Register for Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Guillain-Barré syndrome: A prospective, population-based incidence and outcome survey
Neurology 2003 60: 1146-1150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

C. J. Klein, J. M. Cunningham, E. J. Atkinson, D. J. Schaid, S. J. Hebbring, S. A. Anderson, D. M. Klein, P. J.B. Dyck, W. J. Litchy, S. N. Thibodeau, and P. J. Dyck

The gene for HMSN2C maps to 12q23-24: A region of neuromuscular disorders
Neurology 2003 60: 1151-1156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

N. De Stefano, P. M. Matthews, M. Filippi, F. Agosta, M. De Luca, M. L. Bartolozzi, L. Guidi, A. Ghezzi, E. Montanari, A. Cifelli, A. Federico, and S. M. Smith

Evidence of early cortical atrophy in MS: Relevance to white matter changes and disability
Neurology 2003 60: 1157-1162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gerard Davies, Geoff Keir, Edward J. Thompson, and Gavin Giovannoni

The clinical significance of an intrathecal monoclonal immunoglobulin band: A follow-up study
Neurology 2003 60: 1163-1166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

E. Silber, P. Sonnenberg, D. J. Collier, A. J. Pollard, D. R. Murdoch, and P. J. Goadsby

Clinical features of headache at altitude: A prospective study
Neurology 2003 60: 1167-1171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Data Supplement] CME  

HISTORICAL NEUROLOGY:

Peter J. Koehler

Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies: The first publication (1947)
Neurology 2003 60: 1211-1213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS:

G.M. Halmagyi, L. A. McGarvie, S. T. Aw, R. A. Yavor, and M. J. Todd

The click-evoked vestibulo-ocular reflex in superior semicircular canal dehiscence
Neurology 2003 60: 1172-1175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S. Cakmak, L. Derex, M. Berruyer, N. Nighoghossian, F. Philippeau, P. Adeleine, M. Hermier, J.C. Froment, and P. Trouillas

Cerebral venous thrombosis: Clinical outcome and systematic screening of prothrombotic factors
Neurology 2003 60: 1175-1178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] CME  

Jong S. Kim, Sun U. Kwon, and Te G. Lee

Pure dysarthria due to small cortical stroke
Neurology 2003 60: 1178-1180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David A. Hilton and David Footitt

Neuropathological findings in Sneddon’s syndrome
Neurology 2003 60: 1181-1182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Marsel Mesulam, Teepu Siddique, and Bruce Cohen

Cholinergic denervation in a pure multi-infarct state: Observations on CADASIL
Neurology 2003 60: 1183-1185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. Jankovic, K.D. Vuong, and J. Ahsan

Comparison of efficacy and immunogenicity of original versus current botulinum toxin in cervical dystonia
Neurology 2003 60: 1186-1188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J. M. van der Walt, E.R. Martin, W. K. Scott, F. Zhang, M.A. Nance, R. L. Watts, J. P. Hubble, J. L. Haines, W. C. Koller, K. Lyons, R. Pahwa, M. B. Stern, A. Colcher, B. C. Hiner, J. Jankovic, W. G. Ondo, F. H. Allen, Jr., C. G. Goetz, G. W. Small, F. Mastaglia, A. D. Roses, J. M. Stajich, M.W. Booze, K. Fujiwara, R. A. Gibson, L. T. Middleton, B. L. Scott, M. A. Pericak-Vance, and J. M. Vance

Genetic polymorphisms of the N-acetyltransferase genes and risk of Parkinson’s disease
Neurology 2003 60: 1189-1191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georges A. Ghacibeh and Kenneth M. Heilman

Progressive affective aprosodia and prosoplegia
Neurology 2003 60: 1192-1194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David C. Spencer, Tracy Zitzelberger, Daniel Spielman, and Jeffrey Kaye

MRS in relation to hippocampal volume in the oldest old
Neurology 2003 60: 1194-1196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H. Kanno, I. Yamamoto, M. Yoshida, and H. Kitamura

Meningioma showing VHL gene inactivation in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease
Neurology 2003 60: 1197-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Crimi, S. Galbiati, M.P. Perini, A. Bordoni, G. Malferrari, M. Sciacco, I. Biunno, S. Strazzer, M. Moggio, N. Bresolin, and G.P. Comi

A mitochondrial tRNA^His gene mutation causing pigmentary retinopathy and neurosensorial deafness
Neurology 2003 60: 1200-1203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M.R. Vilà, T. Segovia-Silvestre, J. Gámez, A. Marina, A.B. Naini, A. Meseguer, A. Lombès, E. Bonilla, S. DiMauro, M. Hirano, and A.L. Andreu

Reversion of mtDNA depletion in a patient with TK2 deficiency
Neurology 2003 60: 1203-1205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

C. Lamperti, A. Naini, M. Hirano, D.C. De Vivo, E. Bertini, S. Servidei, M. Valeriani, D. Lynch, B. Banwell, M. Berg, T. Dubrovsky, C. Chiriboga, C. Angelini, E. Pegoraro, and S. DiMauro

Cerebellar ataxia and coenzyme Q10 deficiency
Neurology 2003 60: 1206-1208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Janszky, F.G. Woermann, P. Barsi, R. Schulz, P. Halász, and A. Ebner

Right hippocampal sclerosis is more common than left after febrile seizures
Neurology 2003 60: 1209-1210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CLINICAL/SCIENTIFIC NOTES:

Jerry J. Shih, Deidre Devier, and Abby Behr

Late onset laryngeal and facial pain in previously asymptomatic vagus nerve stimulation patients
Neurology 2003 60: 1214. [Full Text] [PDF]  

M.C. González-González, M.J. Trujillo, M. Rodríguez de alba, and C. Ramos

Early Huntington disease prenatal diagnosis by maternal semiquantitative fluorescent-PCR
Neurology 2003 60: 1214-1215. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F. Andrasik, L. Grazzi, S. Usai, D. D’Amico, M. Leone, and G. Bussone

Brief neurologist-administered behavioral treatment of pediatric episodic tension-type headache
Neurology 2003 60: 1215-1216. [Full Text] [PDF]  

S.J. Schreiber, F. Doepp, A. Bender, K. Schmierer, and J. M. Valdueza

Diffuse cerebral angiomatosis
Neurology 2003 60: 1216-1218. [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Data Supplement]  

Marcelo L. Berthier, Julían Hinojosa, María del Carmen Martín, and Inmaculada Fernández

Open-label study of donepezil in chronic poststroke aphasia
Neurology 2003 60: 1218-1219. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRESPONDENCE:

Stefan Bleich, Johannes Kornhuber, and Perminder Sachdev

Relationship between plasma homocysteine levels and brain atrophy in healthy elderly individuals
Neurology 2003 60: 1220. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zeyad Morcos, J.A. Pettersen, D.W. Zochodne, R.B. Bell, and M.D. Hill

Refractory neurosarcoidosis responding to infliximab
Neurology 2003 60: 1220-1221. [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Derakhshan and Alonso Riestra

Is the middle between both halves? Midpoint location and segment size estimation in neglect
Neurology 2003 60: 1221. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dirk Deleu, Yolande Hanssens, G. Sandrini, M. Färkkilä, and E. Forster

Eletriptan vs sumatriptan: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple migraine attack study
Neurology 2003 60: 1221-1222. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

To: A severe variant of childhood ataxia with central hypomyelination/vanishing white matter leukoencephalopathy related to EIF21B5 mutation
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DEPARTMENTS:

Calendar
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Garrett Riggs

Book Review
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