Clinical neuromythology and other arguments and essays, pertinent and impertinent /

Clinical neuromythology and other arguments and essays, pertinent and impertinent /

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Author / Creator:Landau, William M.
Edition:Updated ed.
Imprint:Armonk, NY : Futura Pub. Co., c2001.
Description:xix, 632 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Neurological errors.
Neurology.
Nervous system -- Diseases.
Nervous System Diseases -- Collected Works.
Nervous System Diseases -- essays.
Nervous system -- Diseases.
Neurological errors.
Neurology.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4857128
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Varying Form of Title:Clinical neuromythology
ISBN:087993476X
Notes:A collection of articles and commentary authored or co-authored by Landau, some previously unpublished.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Firing of Marcus Gunn
  • Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology I: The Marcus Gunn phenomenon: Loose canon of neuro-ophthalmology. Neurology 38:1141-1142, 1988
  • Landau WM. Reply to letters to the editor: Clinical neuromythology I: The Marcus Gunn phenomenon: Loose canon of neuro-ophthalmology: Swinging flashlight test. Neurology 39:154-156, 1989
  • Burde RM, Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology XII: Shooting backward with Marcus Gunn: A circular exercise in paralogic. Neurology 43:2444-2447, 1993
  • Burde RL, Landau WM. Reply to letter to the editor: Marcus Gunn pupil. Neurology 44:2422, 1994
  • Upper Motor Neuron
  • Phillips CG, Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology VIII: Upper and lower motor neuron: The little old synecdoche that works. Neurology 40:884-886, 1990
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Is hyporeflexia a lower motor neuron sign? Neurology 44:2416-2417, 1994
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Denervation in paraplegia. Neurology 42:2306, 1992
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Neuroanatomy of the pyramidal decussation. J Neurosurg 65:884, 1986
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Cruciate paralysis. J Neurosurg 19:676, 1986
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Cruciate paralysis. J Neurosurg 77:329, 1992
  • Landau WM. Discussion of Van Der Meulen J, Denny-Brown DE, Gilman S. Patterns of cortical ablations leading to dystonic postures. Trans Am Neurol Assoc 89:117-121, 1964
  • Babinski Lives
  • Landau WM. Babinski's Reflex, Sign of. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Elsevier Science B.V., London, 1999
  • Landau, WM. Commentary: The useful enterprise of scratching baby feet. J Child Neurol 7:314, 1992
  • Stiffing Spasticity
  • Landau WM. Spasticity: The fable of a neurological demon and the emperor's new therapy. Arch Neurol 31:217-219, 1974
  • Landau WM. Reply to letter to the editor: Dysfunction from defacilitation. Arch Neurol 32:421-422, 1974
  • Landau WM. Spasticity: What is it? What is it not? In: Feldman, RG, Young RR, Koella WP, eds. Spasticity: Disordered Motor Control. Chicago, Symposia Specialists, Yearbook Medical Publishers, pp 17-24, 1980
  • Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology II: Parables of palsy pills and PT pedagogy: A spastic dialectic. Neurology 38: 1496-1499, 1988
  • Landau WM, Feldman RG. Letter to the editor: Baclofen for spasticity. Neurology 42:2056, 1992
  • Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology XIV: There you go again: The steadfast fad of fixing spasticity. Neurology 45:2295-2296, 1995
  • Landau WM. Muscle tone: Hypertonus, spasticity, rigidity. In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Elsevier Science B.V., London, 1999
  • Cutting and Patching for Palsy
  • Landau WM, Hunt CC. Dorsal rhizotomy, a treatment of unproven efficacy. J Child Neurol 5:174-178, 1990
  • Landau WM. Correspondence: Selective posterior rhizotomy: Further comments. J Child Neurol 6:173-180, 1991
  • Landau WM, Hunt CC. Correspondence: Dorsal rhizotomy. J Child Neurol 6:277-278, 1991
  • Landau WM, Hunt CC. Letter to the editor: Surgical management of spastic diplegia. N Engl J Med 327:566-567, 1992
  • McLaughlin JF, Bjornson KF, Astley SJ, Graubert C, Hays RM, Roberts TS, Price R, Temkin N. Selective dorsal rhizotomy: Efficacy and safety in an investigator masked randomized clinical trial. Dev Med Child Neurol 40:220-232, 1998
  • Bodensteiner JB, Rich KM, Landau WM. Editorial: Early infantile surgery for birth-related brachial plexus injuries: Justification requires a prospective controlled study. J Child Neurol 9:109-110, 1994
  • Deprenyl Data and Debris
  • Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology IX: Pyramid sale in a bucket shop: DATATOP bottoms out. Neurology 40: 1337-1339, 1990
  • Landau WM. Special correspondence: DATATOP and clinical neuromythology IX. Neurology 41:771-777, 1991
  • Daroff RB. Correspondence to the editor: Neuromythology IX and DATATOP. Neurology 41:1703-1704, 1991
  • Fahn S, Landau WM. Is there a role for MAO-B-inhibitors? In: Parkinson's Disease: Controversial Issues in Therapy. Second International Congress of Movement Disorders, 38-43, 1992
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Selegiline. Neurology 43:2728, 1993
  • Olanow CW, Calne D. Does selegiline monotherapy in Parkinson's disease act by symptomatic or protective mechanisms? Neurology 42:(suppl 4) 13-26, 1991
  • Ward CD. Does selegiline delay progression of Parkinson's disease? A critical re-evaluation of the DATATOP study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiat 57:217-220, 1994
  • Olanow CW, Hauser RA, Gauger L, Malapira T, Kollwer W, Hubble J, Bushenbark K, Lilienfeld D, Esterlitz J. The effect of deprenyl and levodopa on the progression of Parkinson's disease. Ann Neurol 38:771-777, 1995
  • Parkinson Study Group. Impact of deprenyl and tocopherol treatment on Parkinson's disease: DATATOP subjects not requiring levodopa. Ann Neurol 39:29-36, 1996
  • Parkinson Study Group. Impact of deprenyl and tocopherol treatment on Parkinson's disease in DATATOP subjects requiring levodopa. Ann Neurol 39:37-45, 1996
  • Koller WC. Neuroprotective therapy for Parkinson's Disease. Exp Neurol 144:24-28, 1997
  • Klawans HL. Chekhov's Lie. New York, Demos Vermande, 1997, pp 101-102; 165-167; 211; 217-218
  • Parkinson Study Group. DATATOP: A Decade of Inquiry Ann Neurol 44:S160-S166, 1998
  • Parkinsonian Perennial Transplantation Garden
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Mucking around with Peter Pan. Ann Neurol 24:464, 1988
  • Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology VII: Artificial intelligence: The brain transplant cure for parkinsonism. Neurology 40:733-740, 1990
  • Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology X: Faithful fashion: Survival status of the brain transplant cure for parkinsonism. Neurology 43:644-649, 1993
  • Landau WM. Special correspondence: Tissue transplants for PD. Neurology 44:575-577, 1994
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor addendum: More on tissue transplantation in PD. Neurology 44:992, 1994
  • Folkerth RD, Durso R. Survival and proliferation of nonneural tissues, with obstruction of cerebral ventricles, in a parkinsonian patient treated with fetal allografts (Abstract). Neurology 46:1219-1225, 1996
  • Fischbach GD, McKhann GM. Editorial: Cell Therapy for Parkinson's Disease. N Eng J Med 344(10):763-765, 2001
  • Perlmutter JS, Landau WM. Commentary: Deep Brain Stimulation: The Sad Story, by Bejani BP et al. Lancet Neurology Network 1:1-7, 2000
  • Clumsy Cerebellar Concepts
  • Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology III: Ataxic hemiparesis: Special deluxe stroke or standard brand? Neurology 38:1799-1801, 1988
  • Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology V: Ataxic hindbrain thinking: The clumsy cerebellum syndrome. Neurology 39:315-323, 1989
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Ataxic hemiparesis. Movement Disorders 9:584, 1994
  • Landau WM. Discussion of Cooper, IS: A cerebellar mechanism in resting tremor. Trans Amer Neurol Assoc 91:64-65, 1966
  • Landau WM. Correspondence: Lack of physiologic understanding of the basis of surgical treatment of parkinsonism. N Engl J Med 280: 1419-1420, 1969
  • Fainting Away
  • Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology XIII: Neuroskepticism: Sovereign remedy for the carotid sinus syndrome. Neurology 44:1570-1576, 1994
  • Landau WM, Nelson DA. Clinical neuromythology XV: Feinting science: Neurocardiogenic syncope and collateral vasovagal confusion. Neurology 46:609-618, 1996
  • Landau WM, Nelson DA. Reply to letters to the editor: Clinical neuromythology XV: Feinting science. Neurology 49:901-904, 1997
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: An 85 year-old woman with a history of falls. JAMA 276:1383, 1996
  • Cholesterol Occlusion
  • Landau WM. To the editor: Cholesterol revisited. St Louis Metro Med 11:400, 1989
  • Landau WM. Analysis of the American cholesterol crisis. St Louis Metro Med 12:14-16, January 1990
  • Landau WM. Reply to letters to the editor: The great cholesterol debate. St Louis Metro Med, 12:174-177, 1995
  • Landau WM. Book review: The lipid hypothesis of atherogenesis by William E. Stehbens. Neurology 45:207, 1995
  • Garber AM, Browner WS, Hulley SB. Guidelines for using serum cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride levels as screening tests for preventing coronary heart disease in adults. American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med 124:515-531, 1996
  • Taubes G. The Soft Science of Dietary Fat. Science 291:2536-2545, 2001
  • Landau WM. Fat Fetishism, Dietary Dread, and the Freedom Factor: An Autobiographical Memorandum. J Clin Epidemiol 54:535-536, 2001
  • Stroke: The Cause and Cure Game
  • Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology VI: Au clair de lacune: Holy, wholly, holey logic. Neurology 39:725-730, 1989
  • Taylor WC, Landau WM. Letters: Atherosclerosis and stroke. Ann Neurol 28:108, 1990
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Causes of stroke. Ann Neurol 32:596-597, 1992
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Stroking the stroke prevention numbers. Stroke 26:329, 1995
  • Gan R, Sacco RL, Kargman DE, et al. Testing the validity of the lacunar hypothesis: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study experience. Neurology 48:1204-1211, 1997
  • Dyker AG, Weir CJ, Lees KR. Influence of cholesterol on survival after stroke: Retrospective study. BMJ 314:1584-1588, 1997
  • Gillman MW, Cupples LA, Millen BE, Ellison RC, Wolf PA. Inverse association of dietary fat with development of ischemic stroke in men. JAMA 278:2145-2150, 1997
  • Landau, WM. To the Editor: Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Stroke. Arch Neurol 55:1378, 1998
  • Landau, WM. Is Cholesterol a Risk Factor for Stroke? Arch Neurol 56:1521-1524, 1999
  • Dementia, Aphasia and Psychoanalysis
  • Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology IV: Reflex dementia: Disinhibited primitive thinking. Neurology 39:133-137, 1989
  • Landau WM. Reply to letters to the editor: Primitive reflexes. Neurology 39:1001-1002, 1989
  • Hartman J, Landau WM. Reply to letters to the editor: Comparison of treatment with counseling is not a test of treatment for aphasia. Arch Neurol 45:371-373, 1988
  • Hartman J, Landau WM. Reply to letters to the editor: Aphasia therapy: More than just hand-holding. Arch Neurol 46:249-250, 1989
  • Landau WM. Treatment for aphasia; Etwas und so what? In: Mauritz K-H, ed. Neurologische Rehabilitation 2. Volker Homberg, Bern, Gottingen, Toronto, Seattle, Verlag Hans Huber, pp. 229-231, 1992
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: "The Sterile Couch". Perspect Biol Med 34:312, 1991
  • Painful Perplexities
  • Nelson DA, Landau WM. JAWS: Diversities of Gnathological History and Temporomandibular Joint Enterprise. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 67:141-147, 1999
  • Nelson DA, Landau WM. Intraspinal Steroids: History, Efficacy, Accidentality and Controversy with Review of United States Food and Drug Administration Reports. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatr, 70:433-443, 2001
  • Nelson DA, Landau WM, et al. Correspondence: Intrathecal Methylprednisolone for Posttherpetic Neuralgia. N Eng J Med 344(13):1019-1021, 2001
  • Landau WM. To the Editor: Pharmacologic Treatment of Pain in Polyneuropathy. Neurology 56:1121, 2001
  • Involuntary CPR: Iatrogenic Dementia
  • Jaffe A, Landau WM. Clinical neuromythology XI: Death after death: The presumption of informed consent for CPR, ethical paradox and clinical conundrum. Neurology 43: 2173-2178, 1993
  • Jaffe AS, Landau WM. Reply to letter to the editor: Death after death. Neurology 44:1770, 1994
  • Jaffe AS, Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Prognosis and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in elderly patients. N Engl J Med 331:479, 1993
  • Jaffe AS, Landau WM, Wetzel RD. Editorial: Resuscitation 2000: The need for improved databases in regard to neurological outcomes. Resuscitation 37:65-66, 1998
  • Jaffe AS, Landau WM, Wetzel RD et al. Correspondence: Automated External Defibrillators. N Eng J Med 344(10):771-773, 2001
  • Epidemiological Exercises
  • Landau WM. Letters to the editor: Prevalence of multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol 32:717-719, 1992
  • Landau WM. Commentary: Chicken Little vs. science. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 19, 1996
  • Landau WM, Evans G, Slavin R. Commentary: Studies linking deaths to pollution are flawed. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 24, 1997
  • Landau, WM. Humbug breast cancer follies: Odds ratios for the relative risk of truth: Unsolicited reportage from a board certified non-epidemiologist. Perspect Biol Med 40:536-542, 1997
  • Landau WM. Reconditis: A Malignant Variety of Obscurantism Associated with Pathological Deficit of Common Sense. Perspect Biol Med 42:221-224, 1999
  • Generic and Parochial Issues of Medical Practice
  • Landau WM. Hassler harassment: A rewarding hobby for type A personalities. St Louis Met Med 13:12-16, 1991
  • Landau WM. Reply to letters to the editor: Hassler harassment. St Louis Met Med 13:1-5, September 1991
  • Jester G, Landau W, Pisani R, Selhorst J. Letter to the editor: Multiple sclerosis. St. Louis Business Journal. June 3-9, 1991
  • Landau WM, Jester G. Disenchantment with Local Chapter Leads to Greater Concern Over National Multiple Sclerosis Organization. AIP Charity Rating Guide and Watch Dog Report, Spring. 1-5, 2000
  • Landau WM. Commentary: Health must include mental health. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 10, 1991
  • Landau WM. St. Louis Regional Medical Center. St Louis Met Med 19:10-11, May 1997
  • Parascientific and Political Footnotes
  • Landau WM. Book review: The Crisis in Clinical Research: Overcoming Institutional Obstacles by Edward H. Ahrens Jr, 240 pp., ill., New York, Oxford University Press, 1992. Neurology 43:1064-1065, 1993
  • Burde RM, Landau W, Stroud M. Jiggle-jogger-watcher's nystagmus. Journal of Absolute Unpublishability 0:XX, 1983
  • Landau W. Viewpoints: The call for a constitutional convention: A con-anti-con-con dialogue. ACLU/EM Liberties, St. Louis 14:3-4, 1983
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Paranoid era. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 27, 1992
  • Landau WM. Editorial: Neuroreality I: Dedicated demolition of the decade of the brain: The genuine threat to neurologic research from the animal radical right. Neurology 45:609-610, 1995
  • Landau WM. Reply to letters to the editor: Animal radical right. Neurology 46:883-884, 1996
  • Landau WM. Editorial: Landau-Kleffner syndrome: An eponymic badge of ignorance. Arch Neurol 49:353, 1992
  • Landau WM. Reply to letter to the editor: Landau-Kleffner syndrome: Some suggestions. Arch Neurol 50:896, 1993
  • Landau WM. Presidential address. Trans Amer Neurol Assoc 103:1-2, 1978
  • Notes on Medical Literacy
  • Landau WM. Physician, pheal thyself. Perspect Biol Med 7:179-181, 1964
  • Landau WM. Letter to and message from the editor, Fred Plum MD: The editor edited. Ann Neurol 9:514, 1981
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor regarding Lincoln quotation on the cover of the journal. St Louis Met Med 4:223-225, 1982
  • Landau WM. Consummation to be wished, hopefully: It has been said. Perspect Biol Med. 41:7, 1997
  • Clinical Neurology and Medicine: How and Why
  • A Rational Approach to Neurological Diagnosis. Junior Medical Student Clerkship Handout, 1989
  • Landau WM. On the art of neuro-communication. In: The Silver Spoon or, How to Be One-up on Tests and Procedures: A Collection of Essays for the Neurology Resident. June 1980
  • Landau WM. The doctor's dilemma: Problems that do not go away. Perspect Biol Med 32:505-512, 1989
  • Landau WM. Training of the neurologist for the 21st century. Arch Neurol 46:21-22, 1989
  • Landau WM. Editorial: Strategy, tactics, and accuracy in neurological evaluation. Ann Neurol 28:86-87, 1990
  • Landau WM. Graduation address: The doctor's dilemma: How to have fun while becoming rich and famous. Washington University School of Medicine. May, 1989
  • Landau WM. Letter to the editor: Menken M, Sheps CG. Sounding board: Undergraduate education in the medical specialties: The case of neurology. N Engl J Med 312:380-381, 1985
  • Landau WM. Unbecoming Becomingness of Neurological Practice, 1984
  • Landau WM. Caring for patient care: Artless observations about practice, price and profit. Pharos of AOA 58:2-7, Winter 1995
  • Landau WM. Response to Clinical Teacher of the Year Award. Washington University School of Medicine Commencement, 1987
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