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    Muscle & Nerve: Volume 30, Issue 5

    547-687
    November 2004
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Invited Review

Brachial plexopathies: Classification, causes, and consequences

Mark A. Ferrante MD, 
  • Pages: 547-568
  • First Published: 27 September 2004

Main Articles

Involvement of skeletal muscle in dialysis-associated systemic fibrosis (nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy)

Joshua M. Levine MD,  Robert A. Taylor MD,  Lauren B. Elman MD,  Shawn J. Bird MD,  Ehud Lavi MD,  Ethan D. Stolzenberg MD, PhD,  Michael L. McGarvey MD,  Arthur K. Asbury MD,  Sergio A. Jimenez MD, 
  • Pages: 569-577
  • First Published: 07 September 2004

Single motor unit variability with threshold stimulation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and normal subjects

Devanand Jillapalli MD,  Jeremy M. Shefner MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 578-584
  • First Published: 27 September 2004

The sarcolemma in the largemyd mouse

Patrick W. Reed PhD,  Katherine D. Mathews MD,  Kathleen A. Mills PhD,  Robert J. Bloch PhD, 
  • Pages: 585-595
  • First Published: 07 September 2004

Criteria for neuropathic abnormality in quantitative anal sphincter electromyography

Simon Podnar MD, DSc, 
  • Pages: 596-601
  • First Published: 07 September 2004

Collagen synthesis and degradation in polyneuropathy and myopathies

Anne M. Ahtikoski MSc,  Hannu Tuominen MD, PhD,  Juha T. Korpelainen MD, PhD,  Timo E. S. Takala MD, PhD,  Aarne Oikarinen MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 602-608
  • First Published: 18 August 2004

Assessment of recovery following a novel partial nerve lesion in a rat model

Tejashree S. Malushte MS,  James M. Kerns PhD,  Chris C. Huang MD, PhD,  Susan Shott PhD,  John Safanda MD,  Mark Gonzalez MD, 
  • Pages: 609-617
  • First Published: 07 September 2004

Myoelectric manifestations of fatigue during exposure to hypobaric hypoxia for 12 days

Roberto Casale MD,  Dario Farina PhD,  Roberto Merletti PhD,  Alberto Rainoldi PhD, 
  • Pages: 618-625
  • First Published: 08 October 2004

Differences between young and older women in maximal force, force fluctuations, and surface emg during isometric knee extension and elbow flexion

Ilenia Bazzucchi BSc,  Francesco Felici MD,  Andrea Macaluso MD, PhD,  Giuseppe De Vito MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 626-635
  • First Published: 07 September 2004

Cardiac and skeletal muscle involvement in myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2): A quantitative 31P-MRS and MRI study

Christiane Schneider-Gold MD,  Meinrad Beer MD,  Herbert Köstler PhD,  Stefan Buchner MD,  Jörn Sandstede MD,  Dietbert Hahn MD,  Klaus V. Toyka MD, 
  • Pages: 636-644
  • First Published: 27 September 2004

Localization and early time course of TGF-β1 mRNA expression in dystrophic muscle

Luc E. Gosselin PhD,  Jacqueline E. Williams BS,  Melissa Deering MS,  Daniel Brazeau PhD,  Stephen Koury PhD,  Daniel A. Martinez PhD, 
  • Pages: 645-653
  • First Published: 07 September 2004

Short Reports

Active hepatocyte growth factor is present in skeletal muscle extracellular matrix

Ryuichi Tatsumi PhD,  Ronald E. Allen PhD, 
  • Pages: 654-658
  • First Published: 22 July 2004

Clinical utility of electrodiagnostic consultation in suspected polyneuropathy

S. Charles Cho MD,  Peter Siao-Tick-Chong MD,  Yuen T. So MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 659-662
  • First Published: 18 August 2004

Cases of the Month

Disorder resembling Guillain–Barré syndrome on initiation of statin therapy

Yusuf A. Rajabally MD,  Vivek Varakantam MB, ChB,  Richard J. Abbott MD, 
  • Pages: 663-666
  • First Published: 21 July 2004

Cytoplasmic body myopathy masquerading as motor neuron disease

Arun V. Krishnan MB, BS,  Roger Pamphlett MD,  David Burke MD, DSc,  Edward J. Wills MD,  Matthew C. Kiernan PhD, 
  • Pages: 667-672
  • First Published: 22 July 2004

Issues and Opinions

Multi-drug therapy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: The case for a multi-drug approach†

Jeffrey Rosenfeld PhD, MD, 
  • Pages: 673-675
  • First Published: 27 September 2004

Multi-drug therapy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Combinations of multiple, untested drugs should not be used at this time†

Jeremy M. Shefner MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 676-678
  • First Published: 27 September 2004

Letters to the Editor

Concurrence of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and myasthenia gravis

V. Sansone MD,  D. S. Saperstein MD,  R. J. Barohn MD,  G. Meola MD, 
  • Pages: 679-680
  • First Published: 18 August 2004

Air stacking for cough assistance

J. Bach MD, 
  • Pages: 680-681
  • First Published: 18 August 2004

Reply

Nicholas S. Hill MD, 
  • Page: 681
  • First Published: 18 August 2004

AAEM News & Comments

AAEM news and comments

  • Pages: 683-687
  • First Published: 19 October 2004