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    Muscle & Nerve: Volume 28, Issue 4

    391-521
    October 2003
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Invited Review

Cutaneous silent periods

Mary Kay Floeter MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 391-401
  • First Published: 28 July 2003

Medical History

Origins and early descriptions of “Duchenne muscular dystrophy”

Kenneth L. Tyler MD, 
  • Pages: 402-422
  • First Published: 28 July 2003

Main Articles

Increased jitter and blocking in normal muscles due to doubly innervated muscle fibers†

Zoia C. Lateva PhD,  Kevin C. McGill PhD,  M. Elise Johanson MS, 
  • Pages: 423-431
  • First Published: 29 July 2003

Riluzole attenuates spinal muscular atrophy disease progression in a mouse model

Hafedh Haddad MD,  Carmen Cifuentes-Diaz PhD,  Audrey Miroglio MSc,  Natacha Roblot,  Vandana Joshi MSc,  Judith Melki MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 432-437
  • First Published: 29 July 2003

Contribution of wild-type transthyretin to hereditary peripheral nerve amyloid

Masahide Yazaki MD, PhD,  Juris J. Liepnieks PhD,  John C. Kincaid MD,  Merrill D. Benson MD, 
  • Pages: 438-442
  • First Published: 28 July 2003

Late-onset distal muscular dystrophy affecting the posterior calves

Jonathan S. Katz MD,  Thomas A. Rando MD, PhD,  Richard J. Barohn MD,  David S. Saperstein MD,  Carlayne E. Jackson MD,  Matthew Wicklund MD,  Anthony A. Amato MD, 
  • Pages: 443-448
  • First Published: 28 July 2003

Neutrophils do not contribute to local tissue damage, but play a key role in skeletal muscle regeneration, in mice injected with Bothrops asper snake venom

C. F. P. Teixeira PhD,  S. R. Zamunér PhD,  J. P. Zuliani MSc,  C. M. Fernandes MSc,  M. A. Cruz-Hofling PhD,  I. Fernandes PhD,  F. Chaves MSc,  J. M. Gutiérrez PhD, 
  • Pages: 449-459
  • First Published: 28 July 2003

Near-nerve potential in lepromatous leprosy

Wilson Marques Jr. MD,  Norma T. Foss MD,  Ana P. M. Arruda MD,  Amilton A. Barreira MD, 
  • Pages: 460-463
  • First Published: 07 August 2003

Inferior mechanical properties of spastic muscle bundles due to hypertrophic but compromised extracellular matrix material

Richard L. Lieber PhD,  Eva Runesson PhD,  Fredrik Einarsson MD,  Jan Fridén MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 464-471
  • First Published: 28 July 2003

Calpain 3 cleaves filamin C and regulates its ability to interact with γ- and δ-sarcoglycans

Jeffrey R. Guyon PhD,  Elena Kudryashova MS,  Alexandra Potts,  Isin Dalkilic BA,  Melissa A. Brosius MS,  Terri G. Thompson PhD,  Jacques S. Beckmann PhD,  Louis M. Kunkel PhD,  Melissa J. Spencer PhD, 
  • Pages: 472-483
  • First Published: 07 August 2003

Overexpressions of myoglobin and antioxidant enzymes in ragged-red fibers of skeletal muscle from patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy

Makoto Kunishige MD,  Takao Mitsui MD,  Masashi Akaike MD,  Masakazu Kawajiri MD,  Masayuki Shono PhD,  Hisaomi Kawai MD,  Toshio Matsumoto MD, 
  • Pages: 484-492
  • First Published: 07 August 2003

Mechanisms of force loss in diabetic mouse skeletal muscle

Lisa A. Lesniewski MA,  Todd A. Miller PhD,  R. B. Armstrong PhD, 
  • Pages: 493-500
  • First Published: 07 August 2003

Short Reports

Stimulated single-fiber EMG of the frontalis and orbicularis oculi muscles in ocular myasthenia gravis

J. Valls-Canals MD,  M. Povedano MD,  J. Montero MD, PhD,  J. Pradas MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 501-503
  • First Published: 30 May 2003

Clinical significance of complex repetitive discharges: A case-control study

Lesley K. Fellows MD, CM, DPhil,  Bethany J. Foster MD,  Colin H. Chalk MD, CM, FRCPC, 
  • Pages: 504-507
  • First Published: 30 May 2003

Progressive exercise intolerance associated with a new muscle-restricted nonsense mutation (G142X) in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene

Claudio Bruno MD,  Filippo M. Santorelli MD,  Stefania Assereto BS,  Emmanuel Tonoli MS,  Alessandra Tessa PhD,  Monica Traverso BS,  Sara Scapolan MD,  Massimo Bado MD,  Silvana Tedeschi PhD,  Carlo Minetti MD, 
  • Pages: 508-511
  • First Published: 10 July 2003

Case of the Month

Retrograde regeneration following neurotmesis of the ulnar nerve

A. Arturo Leis MD,  John A. Lancon MD,  Dobrivoje S. Stokic MD, 
  • Pages: 512-514
  • First Published: 28 July 2003

Letters to the Editor

Spontaneous muscle fiber activity appears early in cases of obstetric brachial plexopathy

A. J. Colon MD,  J. W. Vredeveld MD, PhD,  G. Blaauw MD, PhD,  J. A. Zandvoort MD, 
  • Pages: 515-516
  • First Published: 29 July 2003

Facial nerve palsy associated with lyme disease

John J. Halperin MD, 
  • Pages: 516-517
  • First Published: 28 July 2003

Book Review

Carpal tunnel syndrome and other disorders of the median nerve, 2nd edition

David C. Preston MD, 
  • Page: 518
  • First Published: 28 July 2003

AAEM News & Comments

AAEM News and Comments

  • Pages: 520-521
  • First Published: 18 September 2003