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    Muscle & Nerve: Volume 45, Issue 5

    fmiii-fmiv, v-vii, 621-776
    May 2012
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Table of Content

Table of contents

  • Pages: fmiii-fmiv
  • First Published: 12 April 2012

Between the Covers

Between the covers: This month's main articles

Lawrence H. Phillips II MD, 
  • Pages: v-vii
  • First Published: 12 April 2012

Editorials

The true utility and indication for hand-held nerve conduction devices

Aiesha Ahmed MD,  Milind J. Kothari DO, 
  • Pages: 621-622
  • First Published: 26 November 2011

Issues and Opinions

Autoimmune stiff person syndrome and related myelopathies: Understanding of electrophysiological and immunological processes

Goran Rakocevic MD,  Mary Kay Floeter MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 623-634
  • First Published: 18 November 2011

Research Articles

Hand-held nerve conduction device in carpal tunnel syndrome: A prospective study

S. Veronica Tan MD,  Fiona Sandford MSc,  Mark Stevenson MSc,  Sara Probert Dip, COT,  Sue Sanders BSc,  Kerry R. Mills PhD,  Michaelis Koutroumanidis MD, 
  • Pages: 635-641
  • First Published: 06 January 2012

Electrical impedance myography in spinal muscular atrophy: A longitudinal study

Seward B. Rutkove MD,  Matt C. Gregas PhD,  Basil T. Darras MD, 
  • Pages: 642-647
  • First Published: 18 November 2011

Predictors of response to immunomodulation in patients with myasthenia gravis

Hans D. Katzberg MD, FRCPC,  Carolina Barnett MD,  Vera Bril MD, FRCP, 
  • Pages: 648-652
  • First Published: 18 November 2011

Agreement between clinical screening procedures for neuropathy in the feet

Yi Wang PhD,  Jaclyn M. Goodrich PhD,  Robert Werner MD,  Brenda Gillespie PhD,  Niladri Basu PhD,  Alfred Franzblau MD, 
  • Pages: 653-658
  • First Published: 18 November 2011

Muscle magnetic resonance imaging sensitivity does not decrease in chronic, mild, or proximal lower limb neuropathies

Nicolas Deroide MD, PhD,  Valérie Bousson MD, PhD,  Edouard Daguet MD,  Julien Dumurgier MD, PhD,  Sophie Ng Wing Tin MD,  Didier Hannouche MD, PhD,  Pascal Richette MD, PhD,  Johann Beaudreuil MD, PhD,  Frédéric Lioté MD, PhD,  Bernard Lévy MD, PhD,  Eric Vicaut MD, PhD,  Jean Denis Laredo MD,  Nathalie Kubis MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 659-667
  • First Published: 18 November 2011

Protective effect of scFv-DAF fusion protein on the complement attack to acetylcholine receptor: A possible option for treatment of myasthenia gravis

Chen Song MD, PhD,  Zhikai Xu PhD,  Jianting Miao MD, PhD,  Jiang Xu PhD,  Xingan Wu PhD,  Fanglin Zhang PhD,  Hong Lin MD, PhD,  Zhuyi Li MD, PhD,  Henry J. Kaminski MD, 
  • Pages: 668-675
  • First Published: 22 November 2011

Epidemiology of adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in a U.S. managed care plan

Daniel E. Furst MD,  Anthony A. Amato MD,  Şerban R. Iorga MA, PhD,  Kavita Gajria BS Pharm, MS,  Ancilla W. Fernandes PhD, 
  • Pages: 676-683
  • First Published: 06 January 2012

Influence of botulinum toxin on rabbit jaw muscle activity and anatomy

J.A.M. Korfage PhD,  Jeffrey Wang,  S.H.J.T.J. Lie,  Geerling E.J. Langenbach PhD, 
  • Pages: 684-691
  • First Published: 02 November 2011

The convergence of facial nerve branches providing whisker pad motor supply in rats: Implications for facial reanimation study

Doug Henstrom MD,  Tessa Hadlock MD,  Robin Lindsay MD,  Christopher J. Knox BS,  Juan Malo MD,  Kalpesh T. Vakharia MD,  James T. Heaton PhD, 
  • Pages: 692-697
  • First Published: 18 November 2011

Myostatin deficiency is associated with an increase in number of total axons and motor axons innervating mouse tibialis anterior muscle

Stephanie Gay MSc,  Elodie Jublanc MSc,  Anne Bonnieu PhD,  Francis Bacou DSc, 
  • Pages: 698-704
  • First Published: 16 November 2011

Experimental muscle injury: Correlation between ultrasound and histological findings

Fernando JimÉnez-Díaz MD, PhD,  Ignacio Jimena MD, PhD,  Evelio Luque MD, PhD,  Susana MendizÁbal PhD,  Antonio Bouffard MD,  Luis JimÉnez-Reina MD, PhD,  JosÉ PeÑa MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 705-712
  • First Published: 18 November 2011

Myosin heavy chain isoform expression in human extraocular muscles: Longitudinal variation and patterns of expression in global and orbital layers

Kyung-Ah Park MD,  Jeonghee Lim MS,  Seongsoo Sohn MS,  Sei Yeul Oh MD, 
  • Pages: 713-720
  • First Published: 18 November 2011

Ultrasonographic assessment of longitudinal median nerve and hand flexor tendon dynamics in carpal tunnel syndrome

Jan-Wiebe H. Korstanje MSc,  Marjan Scheltens-De Boer MD,  Joleen H. Blok PhD,  Peter C. Amadio MD,  Steven E.R. Hovius PhD,  Henk J. Stam PhD,  Ruud W. Selles PhD, 
  • Pages: 721-729
  • First Published: 18 November 2011

Intra- and internerve cross-sectional area variability: New ultrasound measures

Luca Padua MD, PhD,  Carlo Martinoli MD,  Costanza Pazzaglia MD, PhD,  Marta Lucchetta MD,  Giuseppe Granata MD,  Carmen Erra MD,  Chiara Briani MD, 
  • Pages: 730-733
  • First Published: 24 November 2011

Zoster-associated mononeuropathies (ZAMs): A retrospective series

Haatem Reda MD,  James C. Watson MD,  Lyell K. Jones Jr. MD, 
  • Pages: 734-739
  • First Published: 06 February 2012

Short Reports

Novel ANO5 mutations causing hyper-CK-emia, limb girdle muscular weakness and miyoshi type of muscular dystrophy

Joachim Schessl MD,  Wolfram Kress MD,  Benedikt Schoser MD, 
  • Pages: 740-742
  • First Published: 06 January 2012

Sample size considerations in human muscle architecture studies

Lori J. Tuttle PT, PhD,  Samuel R. Ward PT, PhD,  Richard L. Lieber PhD, 
  • Pages: 743-745
  • First Published: 06 January 2012

Issues and Opinions

Exercise and duchenne muscular dystrophy: Where we have been and where we need to go†

Chad D. Markert PhD,  Laura E. Case DPT, PCS,  Gregory T. Carter MD, MS,  Patricia A. Furlong RN, BSN, MS,  Robert W. Grange PhD, 
  • Pages: 746-751
  • First Published: 18 November 2011

Case of the Month

Milder phenotype of congenital muscular dystrophy in a novel POMT1 mutation

Samiah A. Al-Zaidy MD,  Berivan Baskin PhD,  Cynthia Hawkins MD,  Grace Yoon MD,  Peter N. Ray PhD,  Jiri Vajsar MD, 
  • Pages: 752-755
  • First Published: 08 December 2011

Expanding the spectrum of monoclonal light chain deposition disease in muscle

Lyle W. Ostrow MD, PhD,  Andrea M. Corse MD,  Brett M. Morrison MD, PhD,  Carol A. Huff MD,  John A. Carrino MD, MPH,  Ahmet Hoke MD, PhD,  Andrew L. Mammen MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 755-761
  • First Published: 06 January 2012

Letters to the Editor

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy associated with alopecia totalis and Sjögren syndrome

Lara Sanvito MD, PhD,  Siew L. Wong MBChB,  Yusuf A. Rajabally MD, FRCP, 
  • Pages: 762-763
  • First Published: 06 February 2012

Successful steroid treatment for recurrent miller fisher syndrome

Shuta Toru MD,  Maya Ohara MD,  Yumiko Hane MD,  Taro Ishiguro MD,  Takayoshi Kobayashi MD, 
  • Pages: 763-764
  • First Published: 02 December 2011

An unusual case of Miller Fisher syndrome presenting with proptosis and chemosis

Maggie W. Waung MD, PhD,  Mike A. Singer MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 764-766
  • First Published: 06 January 2012

Goya and a possible first visual representation of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Jose Maria Perez-Trullen PhD,  Alvaro Gimenez-Muñoz MD,  Jose Carlos Roche MD,  Isabel Campello PhD,  Maria Jose Garcia Gomara MD,  Sara Sanchez Valiente PhD, 
  • Pages: 766-767
  • First Published: 06 February 2012

MRC sum-score in the ICU: Good reliability does not necessarily reflect “true reliability”

Els Karla Vanhoutte MD,  Catharina Gerritdina Faber MD, PhD,  Ingemar Sergio José Merkies MD, PhD,  On behalf of the PeriNomS Study Group , 
  • Pages: 767-768
  • First Published: 06 February 2012

Reply

Greet Hermans MD, PhD,  Rik Gosselink PT, PhD,  Greet Van Den Berghe MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 768-769
  • First Published: 06 February 2012

AANEM Calendar of Events

Calendar of events

  • Page: 770
  • First Published: 12 April 2012

AANEM News & Announcements

AANEM news and comments

  • Pages: 771-774
  • First Published: 12 April 2012

AANEM Applications

AANEM Application

  • Pages: 775-776
  • First Published: 12 April 2012