Muscle & Nerve 2000: Vol 23 Table of Contents

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CONTENTS Official Journal of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
JANUARY 2000
Message from the Editor
Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
INVITED REVIEWS Genetics and Pathogenesis of Malignant Hyperthermia
Karin Jurkat-Rott, MD, Tommie McCarthy, PhD, and Frank Lehmann-Horr
The Utility of Interference Pattern Anaiysis
Anders Fug/sang-Frederiksen, MD, DMSc
MAIN ARTICLES Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Chronic Inflammatory
Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Kenneth C. Gorson, MD, Allan H. Ropper, MD, Lester S. Adelman, MD, anc
David H. Weinberg, MD
Chronic Intermittent Stimulation of the Thyroarytenoid Muscle Maintains Dynamic
Control of Glottal Adduction
Christy L. Ludlow, PhD, Steven Bielamowicz, MD, Marci Daniels Rosenberg, BS
Ranjinidevi Ambalavanar, PhD, Katia Rossini, BS, Michael Gillespie, BS
Victoria Hampshire, VMD, Roy Testerman, PhD, Donald Erickson, B Eng, and
Ugo Carraro, MD
Assessment of Facial Nerve Function in Acoustic Tumor Disease by Nasal
Muscle F Waves and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Christoph Wedekind, MD, and Norfrid Klug, MD
Expression of Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Spinal Cord in C57BL/6J Mice with
Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
Ravinder K. Phul, PhD, and Margaret E. Smith, DSc
Diagnostic Criteria for Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Associated with
Monoclonal Gammopathy
N.C. Notermans, MD, PhD, H. Franssen, MD, PhD, M. Eurelings, MD
Y. Van der Graaf, MD, PhD, J.H.J. Wokke, MD, PhD
Analysis of mtDNA Deletions in Muscle by in Situ Hybridization
Tuan H. Vu, MD, Kurenai Tanji, MD, PhD, Francesco Pallotti, MD, PhD
Valeria Golzi, MD, Michio Hirano, MD, Salvatore DiMauro, MD, and
Eduardo Bonilla, MD
Masseter Reflex Latencies and Amplitudes Are Not Influenced by Supratentorial
and Cerebellar Lesions
HannsC . Hopf, MD, Carsten Hinrichs, MD, Peter Stoeter, MD, Peter P. Urban, MD
Jurgen Marx, MD, and Frank Thémke, MD
Mutations in MCT1 cDNA in Patients with Symptomatic Deficiency in
Lactate Transport
Natalya Merezhinskaya, PhD, William N. Fishbein, MD, PhD, John |. Davis, BA, and
John W. Foellmer, BS
Peripheral and Central Effect of Baciofen on Ankle Joint Stiffness in
Multiple Sclerosis
Jorgen F. Nielsen, MD, PhD, and Thomas Sinkjzer, PhD
Delay of Muscle Degeneration and Necrosis in mdx Mice by Calpain Inhibition
Marie A. Badalamente, PhD, and Alfred Stracher, PhD
SHORT REPORTS Subthreshold Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Reduces
Motor Cortex Excitability
Jens D. Rolinik, MD, Margot Schubert, MD, and Reinhard Dengler, MD
Pseudofacilitation: A Temperature-Sensitive Phenomenon
SewardB . Rutkove, MD
Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Myofibrillar Ca** ATPase Activity after Spinal
Cord Injury
Michael J. Castro, PhD, David F. Apple, Jr., MD, Sandee Melton-Rogers, MA, and
Gary A. Dudley, PhD
Standardization of Anal Sphincter Electromyography: Uniformity of the Muscle
Simon Podnar, MD, MSc, and David B. Vodusek, MD, DSc
A Novel Method of Inducing Muscle Cramps Using Repetitive
Magnetic Stimulation
James B. Caress, MD, EricP . Bastings, MD, Greg L.H ammond, BA, and
Francis O. Walker, MD
A Missense Mutation W797R in the Myophosphorylase Gene in a Spanish Patient
with McArdile’s Disease
Juan C. Rubio, MSc, Miguel A. Martin, Pharm B, Yolanda Campos, MSc
Raffaella Auciello, MD, Ana Cabello, MD, and Joaquin Arenas, PhD
CASE OF THE Hereditary Neuropathy and Vocal Cord Paralysis in a Man with
MONTH Childhood Diphtheria
Brion D. Reichler, MD, Stephen N. Scelsa, MD, and David M. Simpson, MD
REGULAR Letters to the Editor
FEATURES Calendar of Events
AAEM News and Comments
FEBRUARY 2000
EDITORIALS The Challenge of CMTX and Connexin 32 Mutations
Richard A. Lewis, MD
Prognosis of Neuropathy with Monoclonal Gammopathy
Norman Latov, MD, PhD
INVITED REVIEW The Surgical Treatment of Spasticity
Matthew D. Smyth, MD, and Warwick J. Peacock, MD
MAIN ARTICLES Long-Term Clinical and Neurophysiological Follow-Up of Patients with Peripheral
Neuropathy Associated with Benign Monoclonal Gammopathy
Sawanthana Ponsford, BSc, FRCP, Hugh Willison, PhD, FRCP, Jean Veitch,
Richard Morris, PhD, and P.K. Thomas, DSc, FRCP
Muscle Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Oxidative Indices
Correlate with Physical Activity
M. Carmela Tartaglia, BSc, Jacqueline T. Chen, BSc, Zografos Caramanos, MA,
Tanja Taivassalo, BSc, Douglas L. Arnold, MD, and Zohar Argov, MD
Unusual Electrophysiological Findings in X-Linked Dominant Charcot—Marie—
Tooth Disease
Amparo Gutierrez, MD, John D. England, MD, Austin J. Sumner, MD, Scott Ferer, MD,
Laura E. Warner, PhD, James R. Lupski, MD, PhD, and Carlos A. Garcia, MD
Tolerability of Recombinant-Methiony! Human Neurotrophin-3 (r-metHuNT3) in
Healthy Subjects
V. Chaudhry, MD, FRCP, M. Giuliani, MD, B.G. Petty, MD, D. Lee, M. Seyedsadr, PhD
D. Hilt, MD, and D.R. Cornblath, MD
Statistical Motor Unit Number Estimation: Reproducibility and Sources of Error in
Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
RichardK . Olney, MD, Eric C. Yuen, MD, and John W. Engstrom, MD
Abnormal Movements in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Assessment of
Their Nature
Renato J. Verdugo, MD, and José L. Ochoa, MD, PhD, DSc
Impact of Plasma Exchange on Indices of Demyelination in Chronic Inflammatory
Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy
Nigel L.A shworth, MD, FRCP(C), Douglas W. Zochodne, MD, FRCP(C)
Angelika F. Hahn, MD, FRCP(C), Neelan Pillay, MD, FRCP(C)
Colin Chalk, MD, FRCP(C), Timothy Benstead, MD, FRCP(C), Vera Bril, MD, FRCP(C)
Thomas E. Feasby, MD, FRCP(C), and Charles F. Bolton, MD, FRCP(C)
Usefulness of Hand Rehabilitation after Carpal Tunnel Surgery
Leandro Provinciali, MD, Alberto Giattini, MD, Giuseppina Splendiani, MD, and
Francesco Logullo, MD
Macro-EMG and Muscle Biopsy of Paretic Foot Dorsiflexors in Charcot—Marie-
Tooth Disease
Ullabritt Ericson, MD, Jérgen Borg, MD, PhD, and Kristian Borg, MD, PhD
Malignant Hyperthermia: Fatigue Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle
EdwardM . Balog, PhD, Natalie R. Enzmann, DVM. and Esther M. Gallant, PhD
Relation between Maximum Discharge Rates on Electromyography and Motor
Unit Number Estimates
Wilhelm J. Schulte-Mattler, MD, Dimitrios Georgiadis, MD, Klaus Tietze, PhD, and
Stephan Zierz, MD
HGF Is an Autocrine Growth Factor for Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells In Vitro
ShannonM . Sheehan, PhD, Ryuichi Tatsumi, PhD, Constance J. Temm-Grove, PhD
and RonaldE . Allen, PhD
Thalamic Potentials Evoked by Motor Point Stimulation
Masafumi Fukuda, MD, Shigeki Kameyama, MD, and Ryuichi Tanaka, MD
Sensory Involvement in Spinal-Bulbar Muscular Atrophy (Kennedy’s Disease)
G. Antonini, MD, F. Gragnani, MD, A. Romaniello, MD, E.M. Pennisi, MD, PhD
S. Morino, MD, PhD, V. Ceschin, MD, L. Santoro, MD, and G. Cruccu, MD
Quantitative Analysis of Reflex Inhibition in Single Motor Units in Human
Masseter Muscle: Effects of Stimulus Intensity
Thomas Graven-Nielsen, PhD, Peter Svensson, PhD, Anne S. McMillan, PhD, and
Lars Arenat-Nielsen, PhD
SHORT REPORTS Isolated Superior Oblique Palsies with Electrophysiologically Documented
Brainstem Lesions
Frank Thémke, MD, and Hanns Christian Hopf, MD
Brachial Plexopathy in Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Concepcion E. Santillan, MD, and Bashar Katirji, MD
Focal Myopathy Induced by Chronic Heroin Injection is Reversible
Markus Weber, MD, Hans-Christoph Diener, MD, Thomas Voit, MD, and
Eva Neuen-Jacob, MD
Stability of N20 Onset or Peak Latency in Median Somatosensory
Evoked Potentials
Isamu Ozaki, MD, PhD, Chieko Suzuki, MD, PhD, Masato Tanosaki, MD, PhD
Masayuki Baba, MD, PhD, and Muneo Matsunaga, MD, PhD
CASES OF THE Chronic Demyelinating Hypertrophic Brachial Plexus Neuropathy
MONTH Peter Y.K. Van den Bergh, MD, PhD, Jean-Louis Thonnard, PhD, Thierry Duprez, MD
and E. Christian Laterre, MD, PhD
Rhabdomyolysis as the Presenting Manifestation of Calciphylaxis
DavidP . Randall, DO, Morris A. Fisher, MD, and Chinnamma Thomas, MD
REGULAR Letters to the Editor
FEATURES Book Review
Calendar of Events
AAEM News and Comments
MARCH 2000
EDITORIAL Type | Interferons and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy:
Treatment or Cause?
Robert P. Lisak, MD
INVITED REVIEW Mechanisms of Paresthesias Arising from Healthy Axons
llona Mogyoros, MD, PhD, Hugh Bostock, PhD, and David Burke, MD, DSc
AAEM Electrophysiological Studies of Myoclonus
MINIMONOGRAPH Hiroshi Shibasaki, MD, PhD
MEDICAL HISTORY Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Early Contributions of Jean-Martin Charcot
Christopher G. Goetz, MD
MAIN ARTICLES Nerve Conduction Studies in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Mamede de Carvalho, MD, and Michael Swash, MD
Central Scalp Projection of the N30 SEP Source Activity after Median
Nerve Stimulation
Massimiliano Valeriani, MD, PhD, Domenico Restuccia, MD, Carmen Barba, MD
Pietro Tonali, MD, and Francois Mauguiére, MD, PhD
Quantitative EMG and Motor Unit Recruitment Threshold Using a Concentric
Needle with Quadrifilar Electrode
Kazuto Akaboshi, MD, Yoshihisa Masakado, MD, and Naoichi Chino, MD
Intraoperative Monitoring of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve during Mandibular
Sagittal-Split Osteotomy
S.K. Jaaskelainen, MD, DMSc, T. Teerijoki-Oksa, DDS, K. Forssell, DDS
K. Vahatalo, DDS, J.K. Peltola, DDS, and H. Forssell, DDS
Evidence of Inability to Fully Activate Human Limb Muscle
Guang H. Yue, PhD, Vinoth K. Ranganathan, Viodek Siemionow, Jing Z.Liu, and
Vinod Sahgal
Expression of HLA-DR and Its Enhancing Molecules in Muscle Fibers
in Polymyositis
Akira Inukai, MD, PhD, Satosi Kuru, MD, Yideng Liang, MD, Akemi Takano, MD,
Yasushi Kobayashi, MD, PhD, Motoko Sakai, MD, PhD, Manabu Doyu, MD, PhD, and
Gen Sobue, MD, PhD
Activation Linearity and Parallelism of the Superficial Quadriceps across the
isometric Intensity Spectrum
Danny M. Pincivero, PhD, and Alan J. Coelho, EdD
Multiple Measures of Axonal Excitability: A New Approach in Clinical Testing
Matthew C. Kiernan, PhD, FRACP, David Burke, MD, DSc, Kjeld V. Andersen, MD, and
Hugh Bostock, PhD
Electrophysiological Evidence for Afferent Nerve Fibers in Human Ventral Roots
Lawrence H. Phillips, !!, MD, T.S. Park, MD, Mark E. Shaffrey. MD, and
Christopher L. Shaffrey, MD
Contractile Properties of the Tongue’s Genioglossus Muscle and Motor Units in
the Rat
Thomas G. Sutlive, PT, PhD, Mary S. Shall, PT, PhD, J. Ross McClung, PhD, and
Stephen J. Goldberg, PhD
SHORT REPORTS Proximal Median Neuropathy Secondary to Humeral Neck Fracture
Martin Veilleux, MD, and Peter Richardson, MD
Serum Type IV Collagen Increases with Duration of Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis
Kouji Houi, MD, Takaaki Kobayashi, PhD, Shuichi Kato, MD, Soichiro Mochio, MD, and
Kiyoharu Inoue, MD
CASES OF THE Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy after Treatment
MONTH with Interferon-a
Matthew N. Meriggioli, MD, and Julie Rowin, MD
Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus—Associated Castieman’s Disease with
POEMS Syndrome
Dong-Eog Kim, MD, Ho Jin Kim, MD, Young A. Kim, MD, and
Kwang-Woo Lee, MD, PhD
REGULAR Letter to the Editor
FEATURES Book Review
Calendar of Events
AAEM News and Comments
APRIL 2000
EDITORIALS Treatment of Spasticity with Botulinum Toxin
David M. Simpson, MD
Uinar Neuropathy at the Elbow
William W. Campbell, MD
INVITED REVIEW Acetylcholine Receptors and Myasthenia
Jon M. Lindstrom, PhD
MAIN ARTICLES Diagnosis of Ulnar Neuropathy: A New Approach
Karen Merlevede, MD, Paul Theys, MD, PhD, and Johan Van Hees, MD, PhD
Spatial Distribution of Blood Flow in Electrically Stimulated Human Muscle: A
Positron Emission Tomography Study
Marc Vanderthommen, PhD, Jean-Claude Depresseux, MD, PhD, Luc Dauchat
Christian Degueldre, PhD, Jean-Louis Croisier, PhD, and
Jean-Michel Crielaard, MD, PhD
An Overexpression of Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) and FGF Receptor 4 in a
Severe Clinical Phenotype of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
Akiko Saito, MD, Itsuro Higuchi, MD, Masanori Nakagawa, MD, Mineki Saito, MD
Yuichi Uchida, MD, Masaru Inose, MD, Takefumi Kasai, MD, Takahito Niiyama, MD
Hidetoshi Fukunaga, MD, Kimiyoshi Arimura, MD, and Mitsuhiro Osame, MD
Effect of Maturation on Nerve Excitability in an Experimental Model of
Threshold Electrotonus
Qing Yang, MD, Ryuji Kaji, MD, PhD, Nobuyuki Hirota, MD, Yasuhiro Kojima, MD
Tsunekazu Takagi, MD, Nobuo Kohara, MD, Jun Kimura, MD
Hiroshi Shibasaki, MD, PhD, and Hugh Bostock, PhD
Marked Increase in CD44-Highly Positive Cells in Hyperplastic Thymuses from
Patients with Myasthenia Gravis
Kimiaki Utsugisawa, MD, PhD, Yuriko Nagane, MD, PhD, and Hideo Tohgi, MD, PhD
Quadriceps Activation and Perceived Exertion during a High Intensity, Steady
State Contraction to Failure
Danny M. Pincivero, PhD, and William S. Gear, MS
Clenbuterol Reduces Degeneration of Exercised or Aged Dystrophic
(mdx) Muscle
Richard J. Zeman, PhD, Hong Peng, MD, M. Jak Danon, MD, and
Joseph D. Etlinger, PhD
Contractile Properties of Single Muscle Fibers in Myotonic Dystrophy
Lisa S. Krivickas, MD, Tor Ansved, MD, PhD, Dongwon Suh, MD, and
Walter R. Frontera, MD, PhD
Lipomatosis, Proximal Myopathy, and the Mitochondrial 8344 Mutation. A Lipid
Storage Myopathy?
Alfredo Mufioz-Malaga, MD, PhD, Juan Bautista, MD, PhD, JoseA . Salazar, MD
Isabel Aguilera, MD, Raul Garcia, MD, Isidoro Chinchon, MD, PhD
M. Dolores Segura, MD, PhD, Yolanda Campos, MD, PhD, and
Joaquin Arenas, MD, PhD
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |lgG-Treated Neuromuscular Junctions Develop
Sensitivity to L-Type Calcium Channel Blocker
SilvinaA . Fratantoni, PhD, Gisela Weisz, MSc, Ana M. Pardal, MD
RicardoC . Reisin, MD, and OsvaldoD . Uchitel, MD, PhD
immunoglobulin Treatment in Refractory Myasthenia Gravis
Anat Achiron, MD, PhD, Yoram Barak, MD, Shmuel Miron, MD, PhD, and
Ida Sarova-Pinhas, MD
Bilateral Phrenic Neuropathy as a Presenting Feature of Multifocal Motor
Neuropathy with Conduction Block
Said R. Beydoun, MD, and Dane Copeland, MD
Enhanced Migration and Fusion of Donor Myoblasts in Dystrophic and Normal
Host Muscle
Gayle M. Smythe, PhD, Ying Fan, PhD, and Miranda D. Grounds, PhD
Benign Prognosis in Idiopathic Hyper-CK-emia
Jaap C. Reijneveld, MD, Nicolette C. Notermans, MD, PhD
Wim H.J.P. Linssen, MD, PhD, and John H.J. Wokke, MD, PhD
Type IV Collagen and Its Degradation in Paralyzed Human Muscle: Effect of
Functional Electrical Stimulation
Satu O.A. Koskinen, MSc, Michael Kjzer, MD, PhD, Thomas Mohr, MD, PhD,
Fin Biering Serensen, MD, PhD, Tiina Suuronen, PhD, and Timo E.S. Takala, MD, PhD
Membrane Skeleton of Innervated and Denervated Fast- and Slow-Twitch Muscle
McRae W. Williams, PhD, Wendy G. Resneck, BS, and Robert J. Bloch, PhD
Steadiness Is Reduced and Motor Unit Discharge Is More Variable in Old Adults
Douglass H. Laidlaw, PhD, Martin Bilodeau, PhD, and Roger M. Enoka, PhD
Post-intubation Pulmonary Function Test in Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Nicholas D. Lawn, FRACP., and Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, MD
Dynamics of Nuclei of Muscle Fibers and Connective Tissue Cells in Normal and
Denervated Rat Muscles
H. Schmalbruch, MD, and D.M. Lewis, MB, BChir, PhD
Phrenic Nerve Conduction Studies in Acute Organophosphate Poisoning
Gagandeep Singh, MD, U.P.S Sidhu, MD, R. Mahajan, MD, G. Avasthi, MD, and
J. Whig, MD
FK506 Promotes Functional Recovery in Crushed Rat Sciatic Nerve
Michelle Lee, BA, Vaishali B.D oolabh, MD, Susan E. Mackinnon, MD, and
Sarah Jost, BA
CASE OF THE McArdle’s Disease Presenting with Asymmetric, Late-Onset Arm Weakness
MONTH Gil |. Wolfe, MD, Noel S. Baker, MD, Ronald G. Haller, MD, Dennis K. Burns, MD, and
Richard J. Barohn, MD
Letters to the Editor
Calendar of Events
AAEM News and Comments
MAY 2000
EDITORIALS Understanding Neuromyotonia
Angela Vincent, MB, FRCPath
Motor Neuron Disease and Malignancy
David S. Younger, MD
INVITED REVIEWS Myosin Heavy Chain Isoform Expression Following Reduced Neuromuscular
Activity: Potential Regulatory Mechanisms
RobertJ . Talmadge, PhD
Surgery for Peripheral Nerve and Brachial Plexus Injuries or Other Nerve Lesions
Robert J. Spinner, MD, and David G. Kline, MD
MAIN ARTICLES Neuromyotonia in Mice with Hereditary Myelinopathies
Jurgen Zielasek, MD, Rudolf Martin, PhD, Ueli Suter, PhD, and Klaus V. Toyka, MD
Chronic Motor Axonal Neuropathy Associated with Antibodies Monospecific for
N-Acetylgalactosaminy! GD1a
Ryuji Kaji, MD, PhD, Susumu Kusunoki, MD, Kotaro Mizutani, MD,
Nobuyuki Oka, MD, PhD, Yasuhiro Kojima, MD, Nobuo Kohara, MD, and
Jun Kimura, MD
Skeletal Muscle Recovery after Tenotomy and 7-Day Delayed Muscle
Length Restoration
Reid A. Abrams, MD, Albert M. Tsai, MD, Brandi Watson, MD, Amir Jamali, MD, and
Richard L. Lieber, PhD
Concentric Needle Electrode for Neuromuscular Jitter Analysis
Mustafa Ertas, MD, M. Baris Baslo, MD, Nebil Yildiz, MD, Jale Yazici, MD, and
A. Emre Oge, MD
Rabies Virus Entry at the Neuromuscular Junction in Nerve-Muscle Cocultures
Peter Lewis, MPhil, Yiguang Fu, BS, and Thomas L. Lentz, MD
Anal Sphincter EMG Does Not Distinguish between Multiple System Atrophy and
Parkinson’s Disease
Nir Giladi, MD, Ely S. Simon, MD, Amos D. Korezyn, MD, MSc
Galina B. Groozman, MD, Yivgeny Orlov, MD, Herzel Shabtai, MD, and
Vivian E. Drory, MD
Persistence of Myosin Heavy Chain-Based Fiber Types in Innervated but Silenced
Rat Fast Muscle
Roland R. Roy, PhD, Jung A. Kim, BS, Elena J. Grossman, MS, Arpi Bekmezian, BS,
Robert J. Talmadge, PhD, Hui Zhong, MD, and V. Reggie Edgerton, PhD
la Presynaptic Inhibition after Muscle Twitch in the Arm
Maurizio Inghilleri, MD, Cinzia Lorenzano, MD, Francesca Gilio, MD,
Francesca Pedace, MD, Stefano Romeo, MD, Mario Manfredi, MD, and
Alfredo Berardelli, MD
Comparison of the Response of Motoneurons innervating Perineal and Hind Limb
Muscles to Spaceflight and Recovery
Akihiko Ishihara, PhD, Yoshinobu Ohira, PhD, Roland R. Roy, PhD,
Shunji Nagaoka, PhD, Chiharu Sekiguchi, MD, PhD, WillyE . Hinds, PhD, and
V. Reggie Edgerton, PhD
Recovery of Excitability of Cutaneous Afferents in the Median and Sural Nerves
Following Activity
Cindy S.-Y. Lin, MEngSc, Ilona Mogyoros, MD, PhD, and David Burke, MD, DSc
Strength Training Can Improve Steadiness in Persons with Essential Tremor
Martin Bilodeau, PhD, Douglas A. Keen, MS, Patrick J. Sweeney, MD,
Robert W. Shields, MD, and Roger M. Enoka, PhD
Stimulated Single Fiber EMG of the Frontalis Muscle in the Diagnosis of
Ocular Myasthenia
J. Valls-Canals, MD, J. Montero, MD, and J. Pradas, MD, PhD
Dystrophin Mutations Predict Cellular Susceptibility to Oxidative Stress
Marie Héléne Disatnik, PhD, Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, PhD, and
Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD
Flexor Reflexes in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Triggered by Imposed
Ankle Rotation
Brian D. Schmit, PhD, Alicia McKenna-Cole, MS, and W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD
SHORT REPORTS CTG Triplet Repeat Expansion in a Laryngeal Carcinoma from a Patient with
Myotonic Dystrophy
Ryuichi Osanai, MD, Masanobu Kinoshita, MD, Kazuhiko Hirose, MD
Toshio Homma, MD, and Isuzu Kawabata, MD
intrafamilial Phenotypic Variation in Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2C
with Compound Heterozygous Mutations
A. Takano, MD, C.G. B6nnemann, MD, H. Honda, MD, M. Sakai, MD, C.A. Feener, MA,
L.M. Kunkel, PhD, and G. Sobue, MD
MEETING REPORT 1999 Scientific Session of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
Robert L. Ruff, MD, PhD
CASES OF THE Delayed Radiation-induced Bulbar Palsy Mimicking ALS
MONTH Susan A. Glenn, MD, PhD, and Mark A. Ross, MD
Becker Muscular Dystrophy Combined with X-linked
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy
Carsten Bergmann, Jan Senderek, Benita Hermanns, MD, Anna Jauch, PhD,
Bart Janssen, PhD, J. Michael Schréder, MD, and Dieter Karch, MD
REGULAR Letters to the Editor
FEATURES Book Reviews
Calendar of Events
AAEM News and Comments
JUNE 2000
EDITORIAL Prognostication Matters
S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, MPH
INVITED REVIEWS Triplet Repeat Expansion in Neuromuscular Disease
Anarew P. Lieberman, MD, PhD, and Kenneth H. Fischbeck, MD
Skeletal Muscle Response to Tenotomy
Amir A. Jamali, MD, Pouya Afshar, BS, Reid A. Abrams, MD, and Richard L. Lieber, PhD
AAEM Traumatic Injury to Peripheral Nerves
MINIMONOGRAPH Lawrence R. Robinson, MD
MAIN ARTICLES Linear Estimates of Disease Progression Predict Survival in Patients with
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Carmel Armon, MD, MHS, Michael C. Graves, MD, Dharmaseli Moses, RN,
Delano K. Forté, Linda Sepulveda, RN, PhD, Stephanie M. Darby, MS, and
Richard A. Smith, MD
Peripheral Neuropathy in Chronic Venous Insufficiency
Frank Reinhardt, MD, Tobias Wetzel, Sabine Vetten, Martin Radespiel-Tréoger, MD
Max-Josef Hilz, MD, D. Heuss, MD, and B. Neundoérfer, MD
Some Observations on Fibrillations and Positive Sharp Waves
Sanjeev D. Nandedkar, PhD, Paul E. Barkhaus, MD, Donald B. Sanders, MD, and
Erik V. Stalberg, MD
Anti-SGPG Antibody in CIDP: Nosological Position of IgM Anti-MAG/SGPG
Antibody-Associated Neuropathy
Yumi Tagawa, MD, PhD, Nobuhiro Yuki, MD, PhD, and Koichi Hirata, MD, PhD
Natural History of 46 Patients with Multifocal Motor Neuropathy with
Conduction Block
Bruce V. Taylor, FRACP, R. Alan Wright, FRACP, C. Michel Harper, MD, and
Peter J. Dyck, MD
Central Fatigue during Isometric Exercise in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Jane A. Kent-Braun, PhD, and Robert G. Miller, MD
Phrenic Nerve Conduction in Infancy and Early Childhood
Tomihiro Imai, MD, PhD, Hirohiko Shizukawa, MD, Hitoshi Imaizumi, MD, PhD
Yasuo Shichinohe, MD, Morihito Sato, MD, Seiya Kikuchi, MD, PhD,
Yoshikazu Hachiro, MD, PhD, Masayoshi Ito, MD, Motoi Kashiwagi, MD, PhD
Susumu Chiba, MD, PhD, and Hiroyuki Matsumoto, MD, PhD
Functional Magnetic Stimulation Facilitates Gastrointestinal Transit of Liquids
in Rats
Vernon W.H. Lin, MD, PhD, lan Hsiao, PhD, Hui Xu, MD, Tamara Bushnik, PhD, and
Inder Perkash, MD
Posture-Related Changes of Soleus H-Refliex Excitability
Fatima Goulart, Josep Valls-Solé, MD, and Ramiro Alvarez, MD
A Prospective Study of Handcuff Neuropathies
Arthur C. Grant, MD, PhD, and Albert A.C ook, MD
Trigemino-Facial Reflex Inhibitory Responses in Some Lower Facial Muscles
Giovanni Pavesi, MD, Guido Maria Macaluso, MD, Paola Marchetti, MD,
Luigi Cattaneo, PhD, Stefano Tinchelli, Antoon De Laat, DDS, PhD, and
Domenico Mancia, MD
Altered Expression of Costimulatory Molecules in Myasthenia Gravis
Natalia Teleshova, MD, Darius Matusevicius, MD, PhD, Pia Kivisakk, MD, PhD,
Maha Mustafa, MD, PhD, Ritva Pirskanen, MD, PhD, and Hans Link, MD, PhD
Quantitative Features of the Stretch Response of Extrinsic Finger Muscles in
Hemiparetic Stroke
Derek G. Kamper, PhD, and W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD
increased Levels of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor mRNA in Muscular Dystrophy and
Human Muscle Trauma
Katrina A. Reardon, FRACP, MB, BS, Robert M.!. Kapsa, PhD,
Jonathon Davis, LLB, BSc, Andrew J. Kornberg, FRACP, MB, BS,
Lawrence Austin, PhD, Peter Choong, FRACS, MD, and Edward Byrne, FRACP, DSc
SHORT REPORTS Induction of the ATP-Sensitive Potassium (uK,,,-1) Channel by Endotoxemia
G. Czaika, PhD, Y. Gingras, MSc, E. Zhu, MD, and A.S. Comtois, PhD
Prevalence of Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis in Western Australia
BeverleyA . Phillips, PhD, Paul J. Zilko, MB, BS, and Frank L. Mastaglia, MD
The Effect of Leg Extension Training on the Mean Power Frequency of the
Mechanomyographic Signal
Tammy K. Evetovich, PhD, Terry J.H oush, PhD, Joseph P. Weir, PhD,
Dona J. Housh, PhD, Glen O. Johnson, PhD, Kyle T. Ebersole, MPE, and
Douglas B. Smith, MPE
The Motor Tinel Sign: A Useful Sign in Entrapment Neuropathy?
Pasquale Montagna, MD, and Rocco Liguori, MD
CASES OF THE Fulminant Case of Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy
MONTH Brian A. Crum, MD, Eric J. Sorenson, MD, Gregorio A.A bad MD, MS, and
P. James B. Dyck, MD
Partial «-Sarcoglycan Deficiency with Retention of the Dystrophin-Glycoprotein
Complex in a LGMD2D Family
Mariz Vainzof, PhD, Eloisa S. Moreira, PhD, Marta Canovas
Louise V.B. Anderson, PhD, Rita C.M. Pavanello, MD, Marie Rita Passos-Bueno, PhD,
and Mayana Zatz, PhD
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JULY 2000
MAIN ARTICLES 999 Cell Death in Vasculitic Neuropathy
Dieter Heuss, MD, Stefan Probst-Cousin, MD, Corinna Kayser, MD, and
Bernhard Neundérfer, MD
Magnetic Stimulation-Induced Modulations of Motor Unit Firings Extracted from
Multi-Channel Surface EMG
Bert U. Kleine, Joleen H. Blok, MSc, Robert Oostenveld, MSc,
Peter Praamstra, MD, PhD, and Dick F. Stegeman, PhD
New Transthyretin Mutation V28M in a Portuguese Kindred with
Amyloid Polyneuropathy
Mamede de Carvalho, MD, Paulo Moreira, BSc, Teresinha Evangelista, MD,
José Luis Ducla-Soares, PhD, Mariana Bento, MD, Rui Fernandes, BSc, and
Maria Joao Saraiva, PhD
Quantification of Jiggle in Real Electromyographic Signals
Carmen Campos, MD, Armando Malanda, PhD, Luis Gila, MD, Victoriano Segura, BSc,
Inmaculada Lasanta, BSc, and Julio Artieda, MD, PhD
Anti-GQ1b Antibodies and Evoked Acetylcholine Release at Mouse
Motor Endplates
Roland W.M. Bullens, BSc, Graham M. O'Hanlon, PhD, Carl S. Goodyear, PhD,
Peter C. Molenaar, PhD, Joe Conner, PhD, Hugh J. Willison, PhD, FRCP, and
Jaap J. Plomp, PhD
Further Evidence for Corticomotor Hyperexcitability in Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis
Daisuke Naka, MD, and Kerry R. Mills, PhD, FRCP
Highly Concentrated Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Platelets in
Crow-Fukase Syndrome
Teruto Hashiguchi, MD, Kimiyoshi Arimura, MD, Kenji Matsumuro, MD,
Reika Otsuka, MD, Osamu Watanabe, MD, Manabu Jonosono, MD,
Yoshikazu Maruyama, MD, Ikuro Maruyama, MD, and Mitsuhiro Osame, MD
Analysis of Motor Unit Firing Patterns in Patients with Central or Peripheral
Lesions Using Singular-Value Decomposition
Tzyh-Yi Sun, PhD, Jia-Jin Chen, PhD, and Thy-Sheng Lin, MD
Mitochondrial Myopathy and Familial Thiamine Deficiency
Yoshihiro Sato, MD, Masanori Nakagawa, MD, Itsuro Higuchi, MD
Mitsuhiro Osame, MD, Etsuo Naito, MD, and Kotaro Oizumi, MD
Motor Unit Sound In Needle Electromyography: Assessing Normal and
Neuropathic Units
Yasutomo Okajima, MD, Yutaka Tomita, PhD, Ryosuke Ushijima, BS, and
Naoichi Chino, MD
Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilatation in Patients with Familial
Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy
Konen Obayashi, MD, Yukio Ando, MD, PhD, Masaaki Nakamura, MD, PhD,
Hisayasu Terazaki, MD, Taro Yamashita, MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Tashima, MD, PhD,
Moritaka Suga, MD, PhD, Makoto Uchino, MD, PhD, and Masayuki Ando, MD, PhD
Exercise Test in Muscle Channelopathies and Other Muscle Disorders
T. Kuntzer, MD, F. Flocard, MD, C. Vial, MD, A. Kohler, MD, M.R. Magistris, MD,
A. Labarre-Vila, MD, P.M. Gonnaud, MD, F. Ochsner, MD, P. Soichot, MD,
V. Chan, MD, and G. Monnier, MD
Myosin Heavy Chain lIX Overshoot in Human Skeletal Muscle
Jesper L. Andersen, PhD, and Per Aagaard, PhD
Skin and Muscle Vasomotor Reflexes in Detecting Autonomic Dysfunction
in Leprosy
Einar P.V. Wilder-Smith, MD, Annelies J. Wilder-Smith, MD, and Arto C. Nirkko, MD
SHORT REPORTS Muscle CT Scan Findings in McLeod Syndrome and Chorea-Acanthocytosis
Shozo Ishikawa, MD, Naoko Tachibana, MD, Ken-Ilchi Tabata, MD,
Naoharu Fujimori, MD, Rho-Ilchi Hayashi, MD, Junko Takahashi, PhD,