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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1992 - Present Neurologist/ President, Wesley Neurology Clinic, Cordova, TN
1982 – Present Consultant Neurologist, St. Francis Hospital, Memphis, TN
1982 – Present Neurologist, Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, Memphis, TN
1978 – Present Consultant Neurologist, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis,
TN
1978 – Present Consultant Neurologist, MDA Neuromuscular Clinic, Memphis,
TN
1978 – Present Consultant Neurologist, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,
Memphis, TN
1977 – Present Consultant Neurologist, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center,
Memphis, TN
1977 – Present Neurologist, The Regional Medical Center (The MED),
Memphis, TN
1977 – Present Consultant Neurologist, Veterans Association Medical Center
(VAMC), Memphis, TN
1986 – 1992 Neurologist/ Vice President, The Neurosurgical Group of
Memphis, Memphis, TN
1976 – 1986 Neurologist, University Physicians Foundation/ University of
Tennessee Medical Group, Memphis, TN
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2014 – Present NEALS Research Group
2014 – Present San Fernando Medical School, Chapter Peruvian American Medical Society
(PAMS)
2014 – Present Solane (Latino American Society of Neuromuscular Diseases)
2014 – Present Tennessee Medical Association, Delegate
2013 – Present American Neurological Association, Tennessee Liaison
2013 – Present PAMS, Member at Large
2012 – Present ALS Integrated Service
2011 – Present Midwest ALS Society
2010 – Present Corporate International Neuromuscular Research Group (CINRG)
2010 – Present PAMS, Southeast Chapter, Secretary
2006 – Present Clinica Esperanza (Indigent Clinic), Attending
2003 – Present Memphis Academy of Neurology, President
2002 – Present Church Health Clinic, Consultant
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1997 – Present St. Joseph Hospital, Peru, International Coordinator of Advisory Board
1989 – Present American Association for Electrodiagnostic Medicine, State of Tennessee
Liaison
1985 – Present Multiple Sclerosis Society, Professional Advisory Board
1984 - Present Memphis Neurosciences Center, Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
1982 – Present Memphis Muscular Dystrophy Association, Medical Advisory Board
1980 – Present Memphis Epilepsy Foundation, Professional Advisory Board
2012 – 2014 San Fernando University Chapter, President
2011 ALS RG
2001 – 2002 Tennessee Academy of Neurology, Secretary-Treasurer
2000 – 2005 World Federation of Neurology, ALS Section
1997 – 2002 Memphis Academy of Neurology, Secretary-Treasurer
1984 Memphis Academy of Neurology, President
1982 American Academy of Neurology, Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
American College of Physicians, Fellow
American Electroencephalographic Society
American Federation for Clinical Research
American Neurological Association, Fellow
American Society of Neurorehabilitation, Contributor, Certification Examination
Central Society for Clinical Research
Clinica Chincha
InterAmerican College of Physicians and Surgeons
International Society for Evoked Responses
The Society for Neuroscience, Memphis Chapter
Parkinson's Disease Association, Memphis Chapter, Advisory Board, Director
Peruvian Society of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology
Society of Latin American Physicians
Southern EEG Society
The Wernikes Medical Society
UTHSC Department of Neurology
World Muscle Society
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES
2014 – Present Muscle Study Group
2014 – Present PAMS, Membership Committee, Chair/ President
2013 – Present PAMS, Executive Committee
2011 – Present PAMS, Clinical Committee
2011 – Present PAMS, Education Committee
2011 – Present PAMS, Membership Committee
2002 – Present UT Neurology Department, Reviewer Member, Promotion Committee
2001 – Present World Federation of Neurology, Publication Committee
1997 – Present American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Education Committee
1996 – Present Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society, Ethics Committee
1993 – Present American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Examiner
1993 – Present Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, Education Committee
1985 – Present Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Examiner
1983 – Present Regional Medical Center, Special Care Units Committee
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1981 – Present University of Tennessee Hospital, Special Units Committee
2000 – 2001 Shelby County Medical Society, Ethics Committee
1999 Methodist Hospital, Ethics in Research Committee
1993 – 1995 American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Workshop Committee
1990-1995 William F. Bowld/ University of Tennessee Hospital, Liaison Committee for
Supportive Services Laboratories
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, Intensive Care Units Committee
UTHSC Department of Neurology, Promotions Committee
EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
2011 – Present Neurology, Reviewer
2010 – Present Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Reviewer
2006 – Present Southern Medical Journal, Reviewer
2005 – Present Journal of Neurology, Reviewer
2004 – Present European Neurology, Reviewer
2000 – Present Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease, Reviewer
1998 – Present Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease, Editorial Board
1992 – Present Chest, Reviewer
1992 – Present Muscle & Nerve, Reviewer
1986 – Present Alabama Medical Journal, Reviewer
1986 – Present FDA-Orphan Products, Reviewer, Grant
1986 – Present New England Journal of Medicine, Reviewer
1998 – 1999 MEDICO Interamericano, Guest Editor
1992 United Scleroderma Foundation, Reviewer
Medical Annals of the San Marcos Medical School, Editorial Board, Consulting
Member
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2014 Fellow American Neurological Association
2013 Regional Government of Huanuco Peru. Distinguished Visitor
2008 – 2010 Best Doctors in America by Best Doctors, Inc.
2001, 2002, 2003,
2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 Best Doctors in Memphis by Memphis Magazine
2008 – 2009 American Academy of Family Physicians, Active Teacher in Family Medicine
2007 Life Achievement Award, Memphis by Methodist University
1994, 2000,
2006, 2007 Golden Apple Award - Class of 1994, University of Tennessee, Memphis, College
of Medicine - Neurology Clerkship
2001 Colonel, Aide de Camp, Governor’s Staff of The Honorable Don Sunquist,
1994 Good Samaritan Award, Church Health Center and the Memphis Health Care News
1994 Most Outstanding Indigent Service in the City of Memphis, Shelby County Medical
Society
1993 Outstanding Hispanic of the Year in the Field of Medicine
1992 Golden Apple Award - Class of 1993, University of Tennessee, Memphis, College
of Medicine - Neurosciences Course
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1991 Award of Merit, City of Memphis
1968 President, Peruvian Association of Students in Neuropsychiatry
1961 Editor, St. Paul School Yearbook
TEACHING ACTIVITES
2002 – Present Honorary Professor, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru
2000 – Present Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Memphis,
Memphis, TN
1999 – Present Director, Electromyography Laboratory Methodist Hospitals of Memphis,
Memphis, TN
1997 – Present Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science
Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN
1997 – Present Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
1992 – Present Co-Director, University of Tennessee, Memphis Neurology Residency Program,
Memphis, TN
1992 – Present Consultant, Electromyography Laboratory, University of Tennessee Hospital,
Memphis, TN
1980 – Present Consultant, Rehab Engineering, Memphis, TN
1979 – Present Director, University of Tennessee, Memphis Clinical Neurophysiology
Fellowship, Memphis, TN
1978 – Present Director, Medical Advisory Board, Memphis Regional Muscular Dystrophy
Association, Memphis, TN
1977 – Present Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic, Memphis, TN
2012 – 2014 Acting Chairman, Department of Neurology, UTHSC, Memphis, TN
2004 – 2015 Chief of Neurology, Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, Memphis, TN
1993 & 2012 American Association for Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Videotape for teaching
1990 – 2015 Director of Neurology, Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, Memphis, TN
1985 – 1992 Director, University of Tennessee, Memphis Neurology Residency Program,
Memphis, TN
1978 – 1997 Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee,
Memphis, TN
1977 – 1997 Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee,
Memphis, TN
1977 – 1992 Director, Electromyography and Electrodiagnostic Laboratory, Regional Medical
Center and University of Tennessee Hospital, Memphis, TN
1975 – 1977 Visiting Associate, Medical Neurology Branch, NIH, Bethesda, MD
1970 – 1971 Instructor, Neuroanatomy, San Marcos University, Lima, Peru
Muscle and Nerve Histopathology, Videotape for teaching
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
CINRG. Fibroblasts Muscular Dystrophy. 2014 – Present
CIRNG. Natural History of Beckers Muscular Dystrophy. 2014 – Present
CINRG. Lisinopril vs. Coq10. 2012 – Present
CINRG. Natural History of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. 2009 – Present
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Neuromuscular Grant, Funded by Wesley Neurology Clinic - $42,000 annually - renewable. 2005 –
Present
Impact of the BETACONNECT auto-injector on BETASERON therapy adherence- Bayer
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Tissue Bank for Exon Skipping- CINRG
Bioimpedance as a marker for juvenile myopathies. – Not funded
Bioimpedance as a Marker for Neuromuscular Diseases- Not funded
6 Minute Walk as a Predictor of Loss of Mobility in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Longitudinal Study of the Relationship Between Impairment, Activity Limitation, Participation and
Quality of Life in Persons with Confirmed Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
Multicenter Study of Insulin Pump in Diabetes, co-investigator. Principal Investigator: Abbas
Kitabchi, M.D., Department of Endocrinology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, NIH Grant.
Multicenter Drug Trials in Muscular Dystrophy. Funded by the Muscular Dystrophy Association -
$1500 per patient trial
Clinical Trials in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Funded by the Muscular Dystrophy Association -
$20,000 annually - renewable
Becker Muscular Dystrophy - A Natural History Study to Predict Efficacy of Exon Skipping
3,4-diaminopyridine (3,4-DAP) for Compassionate Use in Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
(LEMS)
International GBS Outcome Study (IGOS): A prospective INC study on clinical and biological
predictors of disease course and outcome in GBS
Sareta Exon Skipping Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 2014
Rasagiline in ALS. Possible mitochondrial target engagement in an open label trial of rasagiline for
ALS. Macchi Z1, Wang Y1, Moore D2, Katz J2, Saperstein D3, Walk D4, Simpson E5, Genge A6,
Bertorini T7, Fernandes J8, Swenson A9, Elman L10, Dimachkie M1, Herbelin L1, Miller J1, Lu J1,
Chellamuthu K1, Swerdlow RH1, Barohn RJ1, & the Western ALS Rasagiline Study Group1-10
CINRG pilot trial coenzyme Q10 in steroid-treated Duchene muscular dystrophy
The cooperative international neuromuscular research group Duchenne natural history study—a
longitudinal investigation in the era of glucocorticoid therapy: design of protocol and the methods
used. McDonald CM, Henricson EK, Abresch RT, Han JJ, Escolar DM, Florence JM, Duong T,
Arrieta A, Clemens PR, Hoffman EP, Cnaan A; Cinrg Investigators. Muscle Nerve. 2013 Jul;
48(1):32-54. Doi: 10.1002/mus.23807. Epub 2013 May 16
The cooperative international neuromuscular research group Duchenne natural history study:
glucocorticoid treatment preserves clinically meaningful functional milestones and reduces rate of
disease progression as measured by manual muscle testing and other commonly used clinical trial
outcome measures. Henricson EK, Abresch RT, Cnaan A, Hu F, Duong T, Arrieta A, Han J, Escolar
DM, Florence JM, Clemens PR, Hoffman EP, McDonald CM; CINRG Investigators. Muscle Nerve.
2013 Jul: 48 (1): 55-67. Doi: 10. 1002/mus.23808. Epub 2013 May 6
CINRG Lisinopril, Department of Defense, $375,598. 2012-2014
Questcor Acthar in ALS. 2012-2014
Rasagiline in ALS, University of Kansas, Trial of Safety and Efficacy of Rasagiline in Subjects with
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 2012
Muscular Dystrophy Association, $20,000
Trial of 3-4 Aminopyridine in Motor Neuron Diseases, 2003 – November 2007. Methodist Hospital
Foundation. $25,000
Nationwide Clinical Trial for Quantitative and Manual Muscle Testing Measures of Strength in
Children – Funded by Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
9/01/02 – 01/03/03 - $5,000.00 – renewable
Neurological Grant from Wesley Neurology Clinic, $3,500.00 monthly, 42,000 per year. 1996-2005
MRI of muscle in primary myopathy. Tulio E. Bertorini, M.D. (P.I.) Collaboration with H.
Halford and A. Graves, 2002-2003
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Radionucleotide scanning in exercised muscle in muscular dystrophy. Collaborative study with Judy
Griffin, P.T., and S. Moinuddin, M.D. Baptist Hospital Foundation, 1996 -2000. $20,000
MRI scanning of muscle in neuromuscular disorders. A collaborative study with H. Halford, M.D.
and A. Graves, M.D. Methodist Hospital Foundation.2000-2002. Not funded
Radioisotope scanning after exercise in neuromuscular atrophy. Tulio E. Bertorini, M.D. (P.I.)
Collaboration with Judy Griffin, PT, and Dr. M. Moinuddin, 2000-2001. Not funded.
"The Use of Mexiletine in the Symptomatic Treatment of Patients with Painful Diabetic
Neuropathies". Collaborating with Drs. William Green (Methodist Hospitals) and Joseph Fisher
(Endocrinology). 2003-2004. Not funded
"Clinical and Quantitative Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Myotonia and its Response to
Treatment". Tulio E. Bertorini, MD (P.I.), Pushpa Narayanaswami, MD and Bob Lobo, PharmD,
July 1999 - 2002. Not funded
A Phase III Open-Label Extension Study of the Long-Term Safety of Recombinant Human Nerve
Growth Factor (rhNGF) in the Treatment of Subjects with Diabetic Neuropathy. Principal
Investigator. October 1998 – June 1999. Not funded
"Muscular Dystrophy and Calmodulin", Harry W. Jarrett, PhD, John Foster, PhD, Tulio E.
Bertorini, MD. Muscular Dystrophy Association, 2000. $25,000
"The Use of Mexiletine in the Symptomatic Treatment of Patients with Painful Diabetic
Neuropathies". Collaborating with Drs. William Green (Methodist Hospitals) and Joseph Fisher
(Endocrinology). 1995 to August 1997. Not funded
"Effects of Diltiazem in the Treatment of Subcutaneous Calcinosis in Dermatomyositis" (1990).
Tulio E. Bertorini, M.D., Genaro M.A. Palmieri, M.D., Jeno I. Sebes, M.D., Jim Karas and R.
Brown-$36,000. Study terminated April 30, 1997
ATP/ADP Translocator Studies, David Nelson (P.I.) 1996 -2003
Calcium Mediated Cell Damage in ALS, Anton Reiner, Ph.D. (P.I.) 1996
"Muscular Dystrophy and Calmodulin." Harry W. Jarrett, Ph.D., John Foster, Ph.D., Tulio E.
Bertorini, M.D. Funded by the Muscular Dystrophy Association, January 1993 – December 1995.
"Effect of the Somatostatin Analog SMS 201-995 in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy" - Muscular
Dystrophy Association:
12/1/87 - 11/30/88 - $74,710.00
WARRS Study, Kenneth Gaines, M.D. (P.I.)
"Therapeutic Trials in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Pilot Studies using Maneuvers Aimed to
Correct Muscle Calcium Accumulation and Magnesium Depletion" - Neurosurgical Group
(Bertorini):
10/1/87 - 9/30/88 - $14,400.00
"Therapeutic Trials in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Pilot Studies Using Maneuvers Aimed to
Correct Muscle Calcium Accumulation and Magnesium Depletion" - Muscular Dystrophy
Association:
10/1/85 - 9/30/86 - $32,616.00
10/1/86 - 9/30/87 - $45,143.00
"Effect of Diltiazem in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy" - Muscular Dystrophy Association:
8/1/81 - 7/31/82 - $36,414.00
8/1/82 - 10/31/83 - $47,214.00
11/1/83 - 10/31/84 - $33,253.00
Training Fellowship Grant, Dr. M. Shamlou, July 1980 - June 1981, $18,000.00, Muscular
Dystrophy Association
Training Fellowship Grant, Dr. E. Niakan, July 1979 - June 1980, $18,000.00, Muscular Dystrophy
Association
Member of Dr. Christopher Clark's Multicenter study on polymyositis-dermatomyositis, previously
approved by the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The Elliott Neurological Center of the
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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"Effect of Calcium on ATP Content in Turnover in Cultured Duchenne Dystrophy Cells" - Muscular
Dystrophy Association:
7/1/85 - 6/30/86, - $40,000.00
"The Disordered Adenine Nucleotide Degradation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy" - Muscular
Dystrophy Association:
7/1/78 - 6/30/79 - $22,230.00
7/1/79 - 6/30/80 - $22,037.76
7/1/80 - 6/30/81 - $41,331.68
7/1/81 - 6/30/82 - $43,442.46
7/1/82 - 6/30/83 - $33,481.95
7/1/83 - 6/30/84 - $40,000.00
ABSTRACTS
Yambem, O., Bertorini, T., Shadle, M., Differentiation Between Autoimmune Myopathy and
Muscular Dystrophies: submitted for presentation AANEM Annual Meeting 2017.
Ly H, Zhang L, Ferrante MA, Bertorini TE. The neuromuscular feature for light chain deposit
myopathy. Presented at the Annual AANEM meeting. Savannah, GA 2014. Muscle and Nerve Vol.
50, No. 4 p. 671, and presented at The AAN meeting, Washington, DC 2015.
Shen L, Bertorini TE, Ferrante M. A case report of MMN with unusual clinical features. AANEM
meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2015, and presented at The AAN meeting, Washington, DC 2015.
Shen L, Bertorini TE. Inclusion body myositis, analysis of 25 cases AANEM meeting. Honolulu,
Hawaii, 2015.
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase III, Multi-center Study to Evaluate the
Safety and Efficacy of Eculizumab in Subjects with Refractory Generalized Myasthenia Gravis:
REGAIN. Presented at the Muscle Study Group Meeting. Snowbird, UT 2015.
Porras A., Bertorini TE, Duenas V., Late-Onset Myasthenia Gravis. Presented at the ANA Annual
Meeting. Chicago, IL 2015.
2nd Quarter 2015 The Mid-South Parkinson’s Support Group Newsletter. Management of
Orthostatic Hypotension in Patient’s with Parkinson’s Disease.
Ganta K, Ly H, Bertorini, TE. An unusual presentation of Inclusion Body Myositis. Presented at
the Annual AANEM meeting. Savannah, GA 2014. Muscle and Nerve Vol. 50, No.4 p.668.
Ly H, Bertorini TE. A comparison of the diagnosis findings of electromyography, cloud study and
muscle biopsy. Presented at the Annual AANEM meeting. Savannah, GA 2014. Muscle and Nerve
Vol. 50 No. 4 p. 671.
2013 National Association of Neurology Puerto Rico. Autoimmune Neuropathies.
2013 National Association of Neurology Puerto Rico. Autoimmune Myopathies.
August 29, 2013. Guest Speaker Universidad Nacional de Puerto Rico. Advances in Muscular
Dystrophy
August 20, 2013. Visiting lecturer, Universidad Herminio Valdizan, Huanuco Peru PAMS
Convention. Treatment and management of Multiple Sclerosis.
Advances in multiple sclerosis. PAMS Meeting, August 2013.
The past, present, and future of Alzheimer’s disease in International Neuropsychiatry Course in the
Peruvian School of Medicine (Colegio Medico del Peru). Lima, March 2013.
S. Mansoor, TE Bertorini, C. Pendley. Limb Hemiatrophy in Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Case
report presented 10-5-12. 7th Annual AANEM Meeting, Orlando, FL 2012.
TE Bertorini, C. Pendley, S. Mansoor. Electromyographic Artifacts Produced by a Subthalamic
Nucleus Stimulator. Case Report. Presented 10-5-12 at 7th Annual AANEM Meeting. Orlando, FL.
TE Bertorini. 23rd International Symposium on ALS/MDL. 12-5 to 7-12. Chicago, IL, ALS. Les
Turner Foundation.
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C Pendley, S Mansoor, TE Bertorini. Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 with Electrical Myotonia and
without Weakness. Presented at the AANEM Meeting. Orlando, FL 2012.
McGrew, Charlton, Sims, Bertorini. Successful use of CRT-D in a patient with DMD. Presented at
the Heart Failure Society of America, September 2011.
O’Carroll PJ, Bertorini TE, Chai Y, Maccarino S, Shadle M, (University of Tennessee Health
Science Center). Correlation between IPA cloud results on EMG and contralateral muscle biopsies.
Presented at the AANEM, San Diego, CA, 2010.
Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM) Workshop, Providence, RI, September 2009.
Tulio E. Bertorini, MD. Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis. Presented at the Peruvian American
Medical Society, XXXVI Annual Convention, Ica, Peru, September 23 – 27, 2009.
Tulio E, Bertorini, MD. New Advances in Muscular Dystrophy. Multispecialty International
Medical Conference, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru, September 2009.
Tulio E. Bertorini, MD. Newest genetic Classification of Muscular Dystrophies and Their
Pharmacologic Management. Presented at the USC International Neuromuscular Symposium,
“Newest Advances in Neuromuscular Diseases – in honor of W. King Engel and Valerie Askanas,
Los Angeles, CA, January 2009.
Tulio Bertorini, MD, Christopher Mitchell, MD, Yingjun Li. Limb edema and anasarca associated
with severe dermatomyositis: Four case reports. Submitted to AANEM, Providence, RI, September
17 – 20, 2008.
Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM) Workshop, 2008.
Davonna S. Ledet, MS, Rupert Handgretinger, MD, Tulio E. Bertorini, MD, Gregory A. Hale, Raul
C. Ribeiro, MD and Raja B. Khan, MD. Leucoencephalopathy, Transverse Myelopathy, and
Peripheral Neuropathy in Association with Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase-65 Antibodies in Children
with Cancer. Journal of Child Neurology. J. Child Neurology 2008; 23; 1357 originally published
online May 12, 2008.
Mitchell C, Bertorini TE. The utility of TLI and US in the diagnosis of CTS in patients with CMT.
Presented at the AAEM meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, October 2007.
Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM) Workshop, Phoenix, AZ, October 2007.
Mitchell C, Bertorini TE. Diffusely increased insertional activity: “EMG disease” or asymptomatic
myotonia congenita? A report of 2 cases. Presented at the AAEM meeting in Phoenix, Arizona,
October 2007. Published in Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Sep;89(9):1212-1213.
Bertorini TE, Maccarino S, Holt A. Medial Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve Neuropathy Secondary
to Dialysis Displacement. Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting, AANEM, Washington, DC.
October 2006. Published in Muscle Nerve, 34(4); 2006, p 514.
Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM) Workshop, Washington, DC, October 2006.
Li Y, Maccarino S, Rashed H, Bertorini TE. Abnormalities in Mixed Nerve Study in Patients with
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Spinal Muscular Atrophy, presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting,
AANEM, Washington, DC. October 2006. Published in Muscle Nerve, 34 (4): 2006, p 527.
Dunckley T, Huentelman MJ, Craig DW, Pearson JV, Szelinger S, Joshipura K, Halperin RF,
Stamper C, Jenson KR, Letizia D, Hesterlee SE, Pestronk A, Levine T, Bertorini T, et al. Whole-
Genome Analysis of Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Presented in the ALS-MND meeting
in Okinowa, Japan, 2006. Published in N Engl J Med. 2007;357: 775-788.
Jessen K, Maccarino S, Bertorini TE. People with Charcot-Marie Tooth Type II are predisposed to
Median Neuropathy at the Wrist. 57th. Annual Meeting of American Academy of Neurology.
Miami, Fl., April 9-16, 2005, Neurology, 64 (6) S I, A174.
Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM) Workshop, 2005.
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Owens WE, Bertorini TE. Central Nervous System Demyelination in a patient presenting with
Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Muscle & Nerve, 30 (4) Oct, PP 518, 2004.
Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM) Workshop, 2004.
Bertorini, TE. Fatigue in neuromuscular disorders. Puerto Rico Academy of Neurology, October
2004.
Escolar, D, G Buyse, E. Henricson, J. Florence, J. Meyhew, B. Leshner, MD, C. Tesi-Rocha K.
Gorni, L. Pasquali, Z. Nanjiani, K Patel, R. McCarter, and the CINRG investigators. Creatine and
Glutamine therapeutic trial in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) by the Cooperative
International Neuromuscular Research Group (CINRG). Presented as a Work in Progress at the
128th American Neurological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA October18-22, 2003
(all CINRG PIs are in the poster with name and affiliation including Dr. Tulio Bertorini. Abstract #
172.
Bertorini T. “Criterios Diagnostics de ELA”, Presented at the XI Pan American Congress of
Neurology, Santiago, Chile, October 8-11, 2003.
Bertorini T, Gupta D. Cloud Analysis and Correlation to Muscle-Nerve Biopsies in Neuromuscular
Disease. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM), San Francisco, CA, September 2003. Muscle & Nerve supplement 12: S67, 2003.
Bertorini TE, “MUAP Quantitation” Workshop at the AAEM Annual Scientific Meeting in San
Francisco, California, September 16-20, 2003
Owens WE, Gupta D, Bertorini TE. “Enhancement of Contra-Lateral Ptosis. Presented at 50th
Scientific AAEM, San Francisco, California, 2003.
Bertorini TE. Review: Mexitil Monograph Review. American Society of Health Systems
Pharmacists. July 2003.
Bertorini T, Gupta D. Myasthenia-Like Enhancement of Contralateral Ptosis in Mitochondrial
Myopathy. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic
Medicine (AAEM), San Francisco, CA, September 2003. Muscle & Nerve supplement 12: S74,
2003.
Bertorini TE. Muscular dystrophies. Presented at the 1st International Conference of Medical
Schools. Lima, Peru. November 2002.
Bertorini TE. Painful Neuropathies. Presented at the 1st International Conference of Medical
Schools. Lima, Peru. November 2002.
Bertorini TE. Autoimmune Neuropathies. Presented at the 1st International Conference of Medical
Schools. Lima, Peru. November 2002.
Bertorini TE. Neuromuscular Channelopathies. Presented at the 1st International Conference of
Medical Schools. Lima, Peru. November 2002.
Bertorini TE. The contribution of the neurological institute to neuromuscular disorders. Presented at
the New York Neurological Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, November 2002.
Bertorini TE. Evaluation and treatment of painful neuropathies. Presented at the New York Medical
College, New York, NY, November 2002.
Bertorini TE. Painful Neuropathies. Presented at the Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY,
November 2002.
Bertorini T. Motor Unit Quantitation. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association
of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AAEM) Workshop, Toronto, CA, October 2002. Muscle & Nerve
2002.
Ahmed SN, Narayanaswami P, Bertorini TE. Troponin levels in patients with muscle diseases.
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM), October 2002 in Toronto, Canada. Muscle & Nerve 2002.
Eisenberg I Grabov-Nardini G, Hochner H, Potikha T, Askanas V, Bertorini T, Bradley W, Karpati
G, Merlini L, Sadeh Argov Z, Mitrani-Rosenbaum S. Various forms of quadriceps sparing myopathy
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are caused my mutations UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/ N-acetylmannnosamine kinase.
European Human Genetics Conference. Strasbour, 2002.
Eisenberg I Grabov-Nardini G, Hochner H, Sadeh M, Bertorini T, Bushby K, Castellan C, Felice K,
Mendell J, Merlini L, Schilling C, Argov I, Mitrani-Rosenbaum S. Worldwide quadriceps sparing
myopathy is caused by a variety of mutations in the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/ N-
acetylmannnosamine kinase gene. Xth International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases,
Vancouver, 2002.
Eisenberg I Grabov-Nardini G, Hochner H, Sadeh M, Bertorini T, Bushby K, Castellan C, Felice K,
Mendell J, Merlini L, Schilling C, Argov I, Mitrani-Rosenbaum S. Worldwide quadriceps sparing
myopathy is caused by a variety of mutations in the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/ N-
acetylmannosamine kinase gene. American Academy of Neurology. April 2002.
Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. Presented at the annual meeting of the American
Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AAEM) Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, October 2001.
Muscle & Nerve 10, 2001.
Kumar KS, Bertorini T, Igarashi M, Narayanaswami P. Familial Dermatomyositis. Presented at the
annual meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AAEM), Albuquerque,
NM, October 2001. Muscle & Nerve 10, 200l.
Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. Presented at the annual meeting of the American
Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AAEM) Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, September 2000.
Muscle & Nerve 23(10)2000.
Narayanaswami P, Bertorini TE. Symmetric pure motor neuropathy with conduction blocks. The
missing link? Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic
Medicine (AAEM), Philadelphia, PA, September 2000. Muscle & Nerve 23(10):1626, 2000.
Senthilkumar K, Narayanaswami P, Bertorini TE. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or not? Diagnostic
pitfalls. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM), Philadelphia, PA, September 2000. Muscle & Nerve 23(10):1637, 2000.
Bertorini TE, Narayanaswami P, Senthilkumar K, Horner L. “Clasp Knife” myopathy. Presented at
the annual meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AAEM),
Philadelphia, PA, September 2000. Muscle & Nerve 23(10):1638, 2000.
Narayanaswami P, Bertorini TE, Palmieri GMA, Igarashi M, Carbone L. Dual Energy X-Ray
Absorptiometry (DEXA) in the Evaluation of Patients with Muscular Diseases: Correlation with
Disease Progression and Steroid Therapy. Presented at the annual meeting of the American
Academy of Neurology, May 2000, San Diego, CA, Neurology 54(7): S3:A270, 2000.
Narayanaswami P, Maccarino S, Bertorini TE, Naqvi Y, Horner L. New Method of Studying
Peroneal Nerve Using the Extensor Hallucis Longus Muscle. Presented at the annual meeting of the
American Association of Diagnostic Medicine, October 1999, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Muscle &
Nerve 1999; 22 (9): 1332.
Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM) Workshop, Vancouver, Canada, October 1999.
Khan, RB, Callahan T, Levin MC, Bertorini TE. Recurrent Inflammatory Myopathy, T-cell
Lymphoma, and Human T-cell Lymphotrophic Virus, type I in an African American. Presented at
the 46th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine,
Vancouver, Canada, October 1999. Muscle & Nerve 1999; 22 (9), 1332.
Narayanaswami P, Bertorini TE, Frederick R. Gastric Bypass Neuropathy: Clinical,
Electrophysiologic/Histologic Correlates. Presented at the American Association of
Electrodiagnostic Medicine, October 1999, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Muscle & Nerve
1999;22(9):1332.
Bertorini TE, Narayanaswami P, Horner L. Kennedy's Disease Presenting as Sporadic Spinal
Muscular Atrophy. Presented at the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, October
1999, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Muscle & Nerve 1999;22(9):1336.
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Naqvi Y, Narayanaswami P, Bertorini TE, Horner L. Proximal Myotonic Myopathy Presenting as
Limb Girdle Dystrophy. Presented at the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine,
October 1999, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Muscle & Nerve 1999;22(9):1326-1327.
Giuliani MJ, Litchy WB, Rohrer M, Compton P, Dyck PJ, NGF Study Investigators. rhNGT in the
treatment of diabetic peripheral baseline characteristics from a phase III clinical study. Neurology
52(6): A552, 1999.
Giuliani MJ, Litchy WB, Rohrer M, Compton P, Dyck PJ, NGF Study Investigators. rhNGT in the
treatment of diabetic peripheral baseline characteristics from a phase III clinical study. Presented at
the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, April 1999 in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. Neurology 52(6): A552, 1999.
Vinik A and the NGF Study Investigators. Treatment of diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) with
recombinant human nerve growth factor (rhNGF). ADA, 1999.
Dyck PJ, Litchy WB, Rask C, Bergstrom B and NGF Study Investigators. Diabetic peripheral
neuropathy: design of a ground-breaking phase III clinical study. Presented at the annual meeting of
the American Academy of Neurology, April 1999 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Neurology 52(6):
A129, 1999.
Grant IA, Dyck PJ, Harper M and NGF Study Investigators. Paraspinal muscle denervation in
diabetic polyneuropathy. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology,
April 1999 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Neurology 52(6): A382, 1999.
Workshop, October 1998.
Bertorini TE, Boxman JR. A Simple Novel Device to Standardize Vibratory Sense Testing at the
Bedside. Presented at the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of
Electrodiagnostic Medicine on October 1998 in Orlando, FL. Muscle & Nerve Nov 1998, p. 1592.
Bertorini TE, Alzagatiti BI, Horner LH, Maccarino VS. Clinical and Electrophysiological Effects
of Mexiletine in Painful Neuropathy. Presented at the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the
American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine on October 1998 in Orlando, FL. Muscle &
Nerve 21 (11), 1998.
Boxman JR, Bertorini TE, Arnold TW. Stiff-person Syndrome and Myasthenia Gravis Without
Thymoma. Presented at the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of
Electrodiagnostic Medicine on October 1998 in Orlando, FL. Muscle & Nerve 21 (11), 1998.
Narayanaswami P, Khan RB, Bertorini TE. Progressive Amyotrophy as a Late Complication of
Transverse Myelopathy. Presented at the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American
Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine on October 1998 in Orlando, FL, Muscle & Nerve
21(11):1603, 1998.
Bertorini TE, Sebes JI, Palmieri GMA, Igarashi M, Horner LH. Diltiazem in the Treatment of
Calcinosis in Juvenile Dermatomyositis. Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Neurology on April 29, 1998, in Minneapolis, MN. Published in Neurology 50(S4):
A204, 1998.
Varelas PN, Bertorini TE, Halford H. Bilateral Ophthalmoplegia Complicating Central
Hemodialysis Catheter Placement. Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Academy
of Neurology on April 30, 1998, in Minneapolis, MN. Published in Neurology 50(S4): A333, 1998.
Bertorini TE. Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuropathies. Presented at Neurology Update for the
Primary Care Physicians, a conference sponsored by Methodist Healthcare on August 15, 1998, in
Memphis, TN.
Bertorini TE. Ancient Peruvian Medicine. Presented at Neurology Update for the Primary Care
Physicians, a conference sponsored by Methodist Healthcare on August 15, 1998, in Memphis, TN.
Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM).
Boxman JR, Bertorini TE, Kraus A, O’Brien TF. Uremic “Myopathies”: Unusual Causes of
Proximal Weakness in Uremia. Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of
Neurology on April 28, 1998, in Minneapolis, MN. Published in Neurology 50(S4): A124, 1998.
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Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM) Workshop, October 1997.
Bertorini TE, Horner LH. Myosin-stained paraffin sections in the evaluation of neuromuscular
disease. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
in San Diego, California, September 19, 1997. Published in Muscle Nerve 20:1067, 1997.
Alzagatiti BI, Moinuddin M, Horner LH, Bertorini TE. Radioisotope scanning in muscle necrosis.
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine in San
Diego, California, September 19, 1997. Published in Muscle Nerve 20:1067, 1997.
Alzagatiti BI, Bertorini TE, Horner LH, Maccarino VS. Focal Myositis Presenting with Radial
Nerve Palsy. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic
Medicine in San Diego, California, September 19, 1997. Published in Muscle Nerve 20:1064, 1997.
Nymann T, Hathaway DK, Shokouh-Amiri MH, Bertorini TE, Gaber AO. Improvement in
peripheral neuropathy following kidney (K) and simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK)
transplantation. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Transplant Physicians
on May 11, 1997, Chicago, IL.
Bertorini TE. Motor Unit Quantitation. American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
(AAEM) Workshop, Minneapolis, October 1996.
Almsaddi M, Bertorini TE, Bastnagle W. Remission Myasthenia Gravis Caused by Proteinuria in
Nephrotic Syndrome. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of
Electrodiagnostic Medicine, October 1996, Minneapolis, MN. Published in Muscle Nerve
19(9):1202, 1996.
Schweizer V, Woodson GE, Allegretti JP, Bertorini TE. Single Fiber Electromyography in the
Normal Larynx. Preliminary Studies. Presented to the American Association of Electrodiagnostic
Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, October 4, 1996. Published in Muscle Nerve 19(9):1192-1193, 1996.
Bertorini TE, Horner LH, Halford H III. Characteristics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in
Limb and Axial Weakness in Myopathies. Presented at the annual meeting of the American
Academy of Neurology, March 1996. Neurology 46(2) S: A345, 1996.
Siddiqui M, Bertorini T. Hypophosphatemia-induced neuropathy: Electrophysiologic and clinical
findings. Presented at the AAEM Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada, September 23, 1995.
Published in Muscle & Nerve 18(9):1069, 1995.
Bertorini TE, Subramony S, Ward J, Vedanarayanan V, Fratkin J, Gordon P. Distal muscular
dystrophy with electrical myotonia mimicking myotonic dystrophy. Presented at the AAEM Annual
Meeting, Montréal, Canada, September 23, 1995. Published in Muscle & Nerve 18(9):1052, 1995.
Khan AU, Bertorini TE. Granulomatous myositis with tongue involvement resembling
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Presented at the AAEM Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada,
September 22, 1995. Published in Muscle & Nerve 18(9):1041, 1995.
Bertorini TE, Halford H. Selected paraspinal amyotrophy with normal limbs-magnetic resonance
imaging, EMG and biopsy findings. Presented at the AAEM Annual Meeting, September 22, 1995.
Published in Muscle & Nerve 18(9):1046, 1995.
Bertorini TE, Nance AM, Horner LH, Jaster JH. Complications of Intravenous Gamma Globulin
Infusion in Neuromuscular Diseases. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology Annual
Meeting, May 10, 1995, Seattle, WA. Published in Neurology 45(S4): 265P, 1995.
Griffin, JW, Bertorini TE, O'Toole ML, Tolley EA, Tooms RE. Isokinetic assessment of muscle
performance in patients with inflammatory myopathy. Presented at the Second Joint American
Physical Therapy Assoc/Canadian Physiotherapy Assoc Joint Congress in Toronto, Canada, June 7,
1994.
Bertorini TE. Inflammatory neuropathies. Presented at the Neuromuscular Diseases Symposium,
Universidad de Venezuela, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1994.
Bertorini TE. Metabolic myopathies. Presented at the Neuromuscular Diseases Symposium,
Universidad de Venezuela, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1994.
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Bertorini TE. Guillain-Barré Syndrome and chronic inflammatory neuropathies. Presented at the
Neuromuscular Diseases Symposium, Universidad de Venezuela, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1994.
Dias P, Bertorini T, von Wronski MA, Houghton P, Horner L, Holt H, Nance A and Parham D.
MyoD1 immunostaining of skeletal muscle in primary myopathies and neurogenic atrophies.
Presented at the Griffin, JW, Tooms RE, Vander Zwaag R, Bertorini TE, O'Toole ML.
Eccentric/concentric muscle performance in patients with upper motor neuron disorder. Presented to
the American College of Sports Medicine in Seattle, Washington, June 2-5, 1993. Medicine and
Science in Sports and Exercise 25(5) S43, 1993.
Vo DT, Bertorini T, Lawrence J, Halford H, Wassef M. Gadolinium enhancement of MRI signal in
patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy (CIDP). Presented to the American
Academy of Neurology 1993 Annual Meeting held in New York April 27 - May 1, 1993.
Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology in New Orleans, LA,
March 16, 1993, published in Modern Pathology 6:120A (#699), 1993.
Griffin, JW, O'Toole ML, Vander Zwaag R, Bertorini TE, Tooms RE. Eccentric and concentric
torque of elbow and knee muscle groups in healthy men and women. Presented at the American
College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, May 1992. Published in Med Sci Sports Exerc 24:
S164, 1992.
Palmieri G, Nutting D, Bittle J, Edwards M, Sacks H, Schriock E, Bertorini T. Octreotide, an
inhibitor of growth hormone secretion, enhances positive calcium balance in children. Presented at
the XIth International Conference on Calcium Regulating Hormones, Florence, Italy, April 24-29,
1992. Published in Bone and Mineral Abstracts, 1992.
Bertorini TE. Inflammatory Neuropathies. Presented at the Thirteenth Peruvian Congress of
Neurology, Lima, Peru, South America, October 1991.
Bertorini TE. Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis - New Developments. Presented at the Thirteenth
Peruvian Congress of Neurology, Lima, Peru, South America, October 1991.
Bertorini TE. Histological Basis of EMG. Presented at the Thirteenth Peruvian Congress of
Neurology, Lima, Peru, South America, October 1991.
Bertorini TE. New Developments in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Presented at the Pan
American Congress of Neurology, Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, October 1991.
Bertorini TE. Advances in Inflammatory Myopathies. Presented at the Regional Congress of
Neuromuscular Diseases, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America, October 1991.
Bertorini TE. Therapy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Presented at the Regional Congress of
Neuromuscular Diseases, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America, October 1991.
Gaber AO, Bertorini T, Cardosa S, Abell T, Hathaway D, Pearson S. Neuropathic improvement
following pancreas-kidney (P-K) transplantation. Submitted to the Third International Congress on
Pancreatic and Islet Transplantation Symposium on Artificial Insulin Delivery System, June 6-8,
1991, Lyon, France.
Elsehety AE, Bertorini TE. Neurological complications in Crohn's Disease. Presented at the
annual American Academy of Neurology meeting, Boston, April 1991. Published in the Ann Neurol
Abstracts, 1991.
Palmieri, GMA, Nutting DF, Schriock EA, Bertorini TE, Sacks HS, Bittle JB, Griffin JW,
Elmendorf BJ, Edwards MC. Octreotide, a somatostatin analog, reduces urinary calcium excretion
in children. American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Meeting, 1990.
Law PK, Fang Q, Goodwin TG, Florendo JA, Herrod H, Bertorini T, Kirby DS, Li HJ, Chen M,
Yuan D, Golden GS. First clinical trial of myoblast transfer therapy. Presented to the Society for
Neuroscience, St. Louis, MO, October 28-November 2, 1990.
Bertorini, TE, Schriock E, Palmieri GMA, Griffin JC, Nutting DF, Bittle JB, Sacks HS. Effects of
Somatostatin on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Presented to the VII International Congress of
Neuromuscular Diseases, Munich, West Germany, September 17-22, 1990.
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Nutting DF, Palmieri GMA, Bittle JB, Edwards MC, Sacks HS, Schriock EA, Bertorini TE. Effects
of the somatostatin analog, Octreotide, on calcium metabolism in children with muscular dystrophy.
Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, Chicago, 1990.
Thompson B, Bertorini TE, Laster R. Spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection documentation
by magnetic resonance angiography. American Academy of Neurology, 1990.
Griffin, JE, Bertorini TE. The use of isokinetic dynamometry in the evaluation of neuromuscular
disease. Presented at the American Academy of Electromyography and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Annual Meeting, September 1989. Published in Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 76:41, 1990.
Griffin, J, Bertorini TE. The use of isokinetic dynamometry in the evaluation of neuromuscular
disease. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Electromyography and
Electrodiagnosis, Washington, DC, September 1989. Published in Muscle & Nerve, p. 759,
September 1989.
Cardoso SS, Puniani TS, Bertorini TE. Capillary vasomotor function test in the diagnosis of
autonomic neuropathy. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of
Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis, Washington, DC, September 1989. Published in Muscle &
Nerve, p. 765, September 1989.
Schriock EA, Nutting DF, Sacks HS, Palmieri GMA, Elmendorf J, Bertorini TE. Somatostatin
Analog SMS 201-995 Suppresses Spontaneous and Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone
Stimulated Growth Hormone Secretion in Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Presented at
the Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, June 1989, Seattle, WA.
Nutting DF, Bittle JB, Elmendorf BJ, Hooten JC, Griffin JW, Schriock EA, Sacks HS, Palmieri GM,
Bertorini TE. Subacute effects of octreotide in children with muscular dystrophy: II. Nitrogen
balance, blood glucose, and pancreatic hormone secretion. Presented to the Second International
Symposium on Somatostatin, August 6-9, 1989, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
O'Toole ML, Griffin JW, Bertorini TE. The use of sequential cycle ergometry testing in a patient
with dermatomyositis. Presented at the APTA National Conference, 1988. Published in Physical
Therapy 68:851, 1988.
Bertorini TE, Lemmi HE, Arkin C. Polysomnography in idiopathic muscle pain syndrome.
Presented at The American Neurological Association annual meeting, October 2-5, 1988.
Bertorini TE. Histologic studies in muscle of hyperparathyroidism. Presented at the 1st
International Conference on New Actions of Parathyroid Hormone, Kobe, Japan, October 26-31,
1987.
Palmieri GMA, Bertorini TE, Nutting DF, Hinton AB. Parathyroid hormone in muscular
dystrophy. Presented at the 1st International Conference on New Actions of Parathyroid Hormone,
Kobe, Japan, October 26-31, 1987.
Lichstein KL, Fischer SM, Eakin TL, Amberson JI, Bertorini TE, Hoon PW. Physiological
parameters of migraine and muscle contraction headaches. Presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of
the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA, 1987.
Bertorini TE, Kraus A, Acchiardo S, Pitcock J, Palmieri G, Coleman M, Deneke J. Myopathy
induced by metal accumulation in uremics. Presented at the VIth International Congress on
Neuromuscular Diseases, Los Angeles, CA, July 6-11, 1986.
Bertorini, TE, Brown, R, Griffin, J, Hinton, AB, Igarashi, M, Karas J, McGee JE, Palmieri GMA.
Attempts to correct muscle calcium accumulation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Presented at the VIth International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases, Los Angeles, CA, July 6-
11, 1986.
Pillai R, Bertorini TE, Robinson L. Clinical, electrophysiological and histological differences
between inclusion body myositis (IBM) and polymyositis (PM). Presented at the VIth International
Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases, Los Angeles, CA, July 6-11, 1986.
Pillai R, Bertorini TE, Igarashi M, Hannisian A, Pepper B, Grubbs L. Long term follow up studies
in childhood dermatomyositis (ChDM), single fiber EMG (SFEMG) and muscle histochemistry
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during remission. Presented at the VIth International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases, Los
Angeles, CA, July 6-11, 1986.
Bertorini TE, Palmieri GMA, Griffin J, Hinton A, Karas JG. Dantrolene in Duchenne muscular
dystrophy. Clinical Research 34(4):948A, 1986.
Gupta RC, Ringel S, Bertorini TE, Kaplan S. Antibodies to cytoplasmic components in idiopathic
polymyositis. Arthritis Rheumatism 29: S38, #158, 1986.
Clark C, Bertorini TE, Neville H, Miller R, Bender A, Rivner M, Bennett R, Fenichel G, Fischbeck
K, Roses A, McQuillen M, Altman R. Prospective evaluation of treatment in patients with
polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of
Neurology, New Orleans, LA, April 27 - May 3, 1986. Published in Neurology 36(S1):237, 1986.
Ratts, TE, Purgar R, Tayel M, Conway L, Till F, McGee J, Palmieri GMA, Bertorini TE. Effects of
Diltiazem on impaired left ventricular filling in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. Presented at the
American Heart Association's 58th Scientific Sessions, November 11-14, 1985, Washington, DC.
Bertorini TE, Igarashi M, Hanissian AS. Clinical and histological studies in long term follow up of
childhood dermatomyositis. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Dallas,
Texas, April 1985. Published in Neurology 35(S1):304, 1985.
Palmieri GMA, Bertorini TE, Hinton AB. Parathyroid hormone in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Presented at the American Academy of Neurology meeting, Dallas, Texas, April 1985. Published in
Neurology 35(S1):164-5, 1985.
Reimao R, Bertorini TE, Lemmi H. Central apnea in myotonic dystrophy. Presented at the
American Academy of Neurology meeting, Dallas, Texas, April 1985.
Bertorini TE, Palmieri GMA, Fox IH, Bhattacharya SK, Nutting D, Griffin J, Hinton A, Pepper B.
Metabolic studies in muscular dystrophy. Presented at the 20th Anniversary of the Clinical Research
Center, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, TN, 1984.
Mendell JR, Kissel JT, Kennedy MS, Grinvalsky HT, Pittman GL, Kyler RS, Roelofs RI, Whitaker
JN, Bertorini TE. Plasma exchange in acute inflammatory polyradiculo-neuropathy (Guillain-Barré
Syndrome) The Ohio State controlled, randomized trial. Presented at the 6th Annual Apheresis
Symposium "Current Concepts and Future Trends", Chicago, IL, September 20-23, 1984.
Palmieri GMA, Bertorini TE, Bhattacharya SK, Nutting DF, Hinton AB. Muscle calcium
accumulation in muscular dystrophy. Presented at the Satellite Symposium to the 9th International
Congress of Pharmacology Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Fed. Rep. of Germany, August 6-8, 1984. Published in
Cell Calcium 5(3):277, 1984.
Bertorini TE. Clinical trials in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the experience in Memphis,
Tennessee. Presented at the International Symposium "Muscular Dystrophy Facts and Perspectives",
June 3-4, 1983, Modena, Italy.
Bertorini TE, Bhattacharya SK, Palmieri GMA. Studies of calcium content in muscular dystrophy.
Presented at the International Symposium "Muscular Dystrophy Facts and Perspectives", June 3-4,
1983, Modena, Italy.
Mendell JR, Kissell JT, Kennedy MS, Grinvalsky HT, Pittman GL, Kyler RS, Roelofs RI, Whitaker
JN, Bertorini TE. Plasma exchange in acute inflammatory polyradiculo-neuropathy: a controlled-
randomized trial. Presented at the American Neurological Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
1983. Annals of Neurology 14(1):122, 1983.
Bertorini TE. Diagnostic use of histochemical techniques in muscle biopsies. Presented at the
Tennessee Society for Histotechnology, Inc., Memphis, TN, 1983.
Bertorini TE. The diagnosis and classification of neuromuscular disorders - clinical and laboratory
testing. Presented at the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine,
Chicago, IL, 1983.
McGee JE, Bertorini TE, Palmieri GMA, Ratts T. Effect of Diltiazem on cardiac function in
Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Clinical Research 31(2):205a, 1983.
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Griffin J, McClure M, Bertorini TE. Isokinetic evaluation in patients with neuromuscular diseases.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of Physical Therapy, San Francisco, CA, June 1982. Published in
Physical Therapy 62:691, 1982.
Bertorini TE, Fox IH, Palmieri GMA, Griffin J, Chesney C, Pifer D. The disordered adenine
nucleotide degradation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Presented at the 5th International Congress
on Neuromuscular Diseases, Marseille, France, September 12-17, 1982.
Bertorini TE, Bhattacharya SK, Nutting D, Hinton A, Palmieri GMA. Calcium in muscular
dystrophy. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases, Marseille,
France, September 12-17, 1982.
Bertorini TE, Griffin J, McClure M. Isokinetic evaluation of muscle strength in patients with
neuromuscular disease. Presented at the 5th International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases,
Marseille, France, September 12-17, 1982.
Griffin JW, Bertorini TE, McClure MH. Isokinetic evaluation of muscle strength in patients with
neuromuscular disease. Presented at the APTA National Conference, 1982.
Bertorini TE, Bhattacharya SK, Nutting DF, Hinton AB, Palmieri GMA. Calcium in muscular
dystrophy. Presented at the Regional Meeting of ASBMR, Montreal, NC, March 28-30, 1982.
Bertorini TE, Bhattacharya SK, Chesney C, Pifer D, Palmieri GMA. Muscle magnesium in
Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other myopathies. Clinical Research 30:408, 1982.
Whitaker J, Bertorini T, Mendell J. Immunocytochemical studies of cathepsin D in human
dystrophic muscle. Presented at the American Neurological Association, San Francisco, CA,
October 1981. Published in Annals of Neurology, Vol. 9,10, 1981.
Law PK, Bertorini TE. Nerve regeneration and muscle reinnervation. Abstract, Society for
Neuroscience 14th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, Vol. 7, #153.7, 1981.
Bertorini TE, Bhattacharya SK, Palmieri GMA. Muscle calcium content in Duchenne muscular
dystrophy. Presented at the American Academy of Neurology, Ontario, Canada, May 30, 1981,
Abstract #13. Published in Neurology 31:46, 1981.
Bertorini TE, Fox IH, Palmieri GMA, Edwards L, Griffin J. Allopurinol in muscular dystrophy.
Presented at the International Conference in Allopurinol Therapy in Muscular Dystrophy, New York,
NY, October 13, 1980.
Bertorini TE, Fox IH, Palmieri GMA, Edwards L, Griffin J. The disordered adenine nucleotide
degradation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Read at the American Academy of Neurology, April
1980, New Orleans, LA. Published in Neurology 30:403, 1980.
Bertorini TE, Fox IH, Palmieri GMA, Edwards L, Griffin J. The disordered adenine nucleotide
degradation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The American Rheumatism Association, Central
Region, Chicago, IL, 1980. Published in Clinical Research 28:786, 1980.
Bhattacharya SK, Palmieri GMA, Bertorini TE, Nutting DF. Calcium in muscular dystrophy. Read
at the VII International Conference on Calcium Regulating Hormones, E. Park, CO, September 5,
1980.
Palmieri GMA, Nutting DF, Bhattacharya SK, Bertorini TE. Parathyroid ablation in muscular
dystrophy. Presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, Washing, DC June 17, 1980.
Published in Endocrinology 62(S122), 1980.
Koch B, Bertorini TE, Eng G, Boehm R. Diverse presentation of multicore disease. Read at the
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, San Diego, CA, 1980.
Niakan E, Pitner S, Whitaker J, Bertorini TE. The use of immuno¬suppressive agents in
corticosteroid-refractory childhood dermatomyositis. Read at the American Academy of Neurology
Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1979. Published in Neurology 29:503, 1979.
Engel AG, Lambert EH, Mulder DM, Torres CF, Sahashi K, Bertorini TE, Whitaker JN.
Investigations of three cases of a newly recognized familial, congenital myasthenic syndrome. Read
at the American Neurological Association, St. Louis, MO, 1979. Published in Annals of Neurology
6:146-7, 1979.
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Bertorini TE. Histological correlates of electromyographic findings in denervating diseases. Read
at the 2nd Iberoamerican Congress of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, Lima,
Peru, South America, 1979.
Niakan E, Bertorini TE, Lemmi H, Medeiros M, Drewry R, Kish EL. Autosomal dominant
spinocerebellar degeneration and slow saccades: clinical and electrophysiological findings in three
generations of a kindred. Read at the Southern EEG Society, New Orleans, LA, October 1979.
Borer WZ, Bertorini TE, Robertson EA. Studies of Glomerular filtration rate with iodothalamate
1125 in neuromuscular diseases. Read at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, San
Francisco, CA, 1978.
Bertorini TE, Stalberg E, Yuson C, Engel WK. Correlations of single fiber electromyography
(SFEMG) and muscle histochemistry in 54 patients with neuromuscular diseases. Read at the 24th
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis. Published
in the Journal of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 45:20P, 1978.
Adornato BT, Engel WK, Kucera J, Bertorini TE. Benign focal amyotrophy. American Academy
of Neurology, Los Angeles, CA, 1978. Published in Neurology 28:399, 1978.
Brooks BT, Engel WK, Sode J, Diaz M, Bertorini TE. Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE)
inhibitor therapy with phthalazinol in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Read at the American
Academy of Neurology, Los Angeles, CA, 1978. Published in Neurology 28:402, 1978.
Bertorini TE, Schwartz K, Stadlan E, Martinez V, DiMauro S. Carnitine palmityl transferase
deficiency presenting as acute respiratory muscle failure in a 51-year-old man. IV International
Congress of Neuromuscular Disease, Montreal, Canada, 1978.
Gottdiener JS, Hawley RJ, Marson BJ, Bertorini TE, Engel WK. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in
Friedreich's Ataxia. Read at the American Heart Association's 52nd Scientific Sessions, November
1978.
Brumback R, Bertorini TE, Engel WK Oliver KL, Zirzow SC. A comparison of membrane receptor
in myotonia and fibrillation, in vivo. Read at the American Academy of Neurology, Atlanta, GA,
1977. Published in Neurology 27:358, 1977.
Bertorini T, Stalberg E, Engel WK. Histochemical and Physiologic Correlations in Patients with
Type-I Muscle-Fiber Predominance (Type-II Fiber Paucity). Read at the American Academy of
Neurology, Atlanta, GA, April 1977. Published in Neurology 27:358, 1977.
Bertorini TE, Brumback R, Kula R, Engel WK. Electrophysiological and histochemical
observations in 5 patients with muscle phosphorylase deficiency. Read at the American
Neurological Association, Chicago, IL, 1977. Published in the Annals of Neurology, 1977.
Bertorini TE. Nerve conduction velocity in normal Peruvians. Second Peruvian Congress of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1970.
Bertorini TE. Carpal tunnel syndrome electrophysiologic diagnosis. Read and published in the
Proceedings of the Peruvian Congress of Rheumatology, 1970.
Bertorini TE. Suprascapular neuropathy as a cause of frozen shoulder. Read and published in the
Proceedings of the Peruvian Congress of Rheumatology, 1970.
PUBLICATIONS
The ALSUntangled Group (2017): ALSUntangled No. 39: Acuscope (micro-Amp electrical muscle
stimulation), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration.
The ALSUntangled Group (2017) ALSUntangled No. 38: L-erine, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 18:1-2, 148-151.
Bello R., Bertorini T., Mays W., A Man with Distal Asymmetric Leg Weakness; In Press, Journal
of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease.Bart C., Jacob, Bianca van den Berg, Christine Verboon,
Govindsinh Chavada, David R. Cornblath, Kenneth C. Gorson, Thomas Harbo, Hans-Peter Hartung,
Richard A.C. Hughes, Susumu Kuaunoki, Pieter A. van Doorn, Hugh J. Willison and the IGOS
Consortium++; International Guillain-Barre Syndrome Outcome Study (IGOS); Protocol of
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Prospective observational cohort study on clinical and biological predictors of disease course and
outcome in Guillain-Barre syndrome; PubMed April 2017.
Bertorini T., Chunga N., Meza K., Esclerosis Multiple; La Revista Sel Paciente Hispano Y El
Medico Del Medio Sur; April 2017 No. 2.
Bello R, Bertorini TE, Ganta K, Mays W “A Case of Asymptomatic Inclusion Body Myositis”
Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disorders. 2017 Mar;18(3):132-134.
Porras A., Bertorini T., Duenas V., Mays W., Late Onset Myasthenia Gravis: A review and report
of 24 cases; Pub Status: submitted for review, Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease, Mar
2017.
Hogarth MW, Houweling PJ, Thomas KC, Gordish-Dressman H, Bello L; Cooperative International
Neuromuscular Research Group (CINRG)., Pegoraro E., Hoffman EP, Head SI, North KN.,
Evidence for ACTN3 as a genetic modifier of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Nat Commun 2017
Jan 31; 8:14143.
The ALSUntangled Group (2016) ALSUntangled No. 37: Inosine, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
and Frontotemporal Degeneration.
The ALSUntangled Group (2016) ALSUntangled No. 36: Accilion, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 18:1-2, 142-147.
The ALSUntangled Group (2016) ALSUntangled No. 35: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Amytrophic
Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 17:7-8, 622-624.
The ALSUntangled Group (2016) ALSUntangled No. 34: GM604, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 17:7-8, 617-621.
The ALSUntangled Group (2016) ALS Untangled No. 33 Endotherapia, Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 17:5-6, 461-465.
Punetha J., Mansoor S., Bertorini TE., Kesari A., Brown KJ, Hoffman EP., Somatic mosaicism due
to a reversion variant causing hemi-atrophy: a novel variant of dystrophinopathy; Eur J Hum Genet.
2016 Oct;24(10): 1511-4. Epub 2016 Mar 9.
Bello L, Flanigan KM, Weiss RB; United Dystrophinopathy Project., Spitali P., Aartsma-Rus A.,
Muntoni F., Zaharieva I.,Ferlini A., Mercuri E., Tuffery-Giraud S., Claustres M., Straub V.,
Lochmuller H., Barp A., Vianello S., Pegoraro E., Punetha J., Gordish-Dressman H., Giri M.,
McDonald CM., Hoffman EP., Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group.,
Association Study of Exon Variants in the NF-kB and TGFβPathways Identifies CD40 as a Modifier
of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Am J Hum Genet.2016 Nov.3;99(5): 1163-1171. Epub 2016 Oct
13
Elahi H., Bertorini TE “Juvenile Inflammatory Myopathy” Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular
Disorders. 2016 Sep;18(1):21-7.
Bello L., Morgenroth LP., Gordish-DressmanH., Hoffman EP., McDonald CM., Cirak S., CINRG
Investigators., DMD Genotypes and loss of ambulation in the CINRG Duchenne Natural History
Study; Neurology. 2016 Jul 26;87(4): 401-9. Epub 2016 Jun 24.
ALSUntangled No. 31: Protandim. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal
Degeneration, 2016; 17: 154-156.
Punetha J, Kesari A, Uapinyoying P, Giri M, Clarke NF, Waddell LB, North K, Bönnemann CG,
Donkervoort S, Neu M, Plotz PH, Smith EC, Tesi-Rocha C, Bertorini TE, Tarnopolsky MA, Reitter
B and Hoffman EP. “Targeted re-sequencing Emulsion PCR panel for myopathies: Results in 94
cases. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disorders. 2016 May 27;3(2):209-225.
Punetha, Jaya, Simin Mansoor, Tulio E. Bertorini, Akanchha Kesari, Kristy J. Brown, and Eric P.
Hoffman. "Somatic Mosaicism Due to a Reversion Variant Causing Hemi-atrophy: A Novel Variant
of Dystrophinopathy."Eur J Hum Genet European Journal of Human Genetics (2016): n. pag.
Bello, Luca, Akanchha Kesari, Heather Gordish-Dressman, Avital Cnaan, Lauren P. Morgenroth,
Jaya Punetha, Tina Duong, Erik K. Henricson, Elena Pegoraro, Craig M. Mcdonald, and Eric P.
Hoffman. "Genetic Modifiers of Ambulation in the Cooperative International Neuromuscular
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Research Group Duchenne Natural History Study." Annals of Neurology Ann Neurol. 77.4 (2015):
684-96.
Bertorini TE, Shen L. Disorders of the adrenal glands, the neurologist’s point of view in G. Santulli
ed, Adrenal Glands from Pathophysiology to Clinical Evidence, Nova Science Publishers New York.
2015.
Bertorini, Tulio E., and Aboubakar G. Sharaf. "An Overview of Laryngeal Muscle Single Fiber
Electromyography." Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 32.4 (2015): 304-08.
Bello, L., H. Gordish-Dressman, L. P. Morgenroth, E. K. Henricson, T. Duong, E. P. Hoffman, A.
Cnaan, and C. M. Mcdonald. "Prednisone/prednisolone and Deflazacort Regimens in the CINRG
Duchenne Natural History Study." Neurology 85.12 (2015): 1048-055.
Macchi, Z, Wang Y, Moore D, Katz J, Saperstein D, Walk D, Simpson E, Genge A, Bertorini T, et
al. A multi-center screening trial of rasagiline in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and
frontotemporal degeneration: Possible mitochondrial biomarker target engagement. In press.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Vol. 16. No. 5-6 p. 345-352. 2015.
Bertorini T E, Sharaf A. Overview of Laryngeal Muscle Single Fiber Electromyography. Journal
of Clinical Neurophysiology. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2015 Aug; 32 (4): 304-8
Ly H, Shah N, Bertorini T. An adult male with progressive spastic paraparesis and gait. Journal of
Clinical Neuromuscular Disease, 2014; 16: 98-103.
Bertorini TE, Perez A. Neurological Complications of Disorders of the Adrenal Glands. Handb Clin
Neurol. 2014; 120: 749-71.
ALSUntangled No. 26: Lunasin. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration,
2014;15:622-626.
ALSUntangled No. 25: Ursodiol. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration,
2014; 15:475-478.
Mansoor S, Bertorini TE. Peripheral neuropathy and monoclonal gammopathy. Journal of Clinical
Neuromuscular Disease. 2014.
CINRG Duchenne Natural History Study demonstrates insufficient diagnosis and treatment of
cardiomyopathy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Spurney C1, Shimizu R, Hache LP, Kolski H,
Gordish-Dressman H, Clemens PR; the CINRG Investigators. Muscle Nerve. 2014 Jan 3. doi:
10.1002/mus.24163.
Bertorini TE, Perez A. Neurological Complications of Disorders of the Adrenal Glands, Handbook
of Neurology, Elssevier, in J. Biller Neurological Complications of Medical Disorders. 2014.
Malignant Hyperthermia in Katargi et al., Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice, Elsevier,
2014.
T. Bertorini in Katirgi G, et al. Clinical Neuromuscular Diseases. 2nd Edition. Elsevier, in press.
ALSUntangled No. 23: The Rife Machine and retroviruses. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and
Frontotemporal Degeneration, 2014; 15: 157-159.
Mansoor Simon, Bertorini Tulio E. A Man with Progressive Lower Extremity Weakness and
Monoclonal Gammopathy. J Clin Neuromusc Dis 2013; 14: 194-203.
ALSUntangled No. 22: Propofol. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration,
2013; 14: 640-642.
ALSUntangled No. 21: Fecal transplants. Amytorophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal
Degeneration, 2013; 14: 482-485.
ALSUntangled No. 20: The Deanna Protocol. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal
Degeneration, 2013; 14: 319-323.
ALSUntangled No. 19: Sodium chlorite. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal
Degeneration, 2013;14: 236-238.
ALSUntangled No. 18: Apoaequorin (Prevagen). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal
Degeneration, 2013; 14: 78-79.
The cooperative international neuromuscular research group Duchenne natural history study:
glucocorticoid treatment preserves clinically meaningful functional milestones and reduces rate of
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disease progression as measured by manual muscle testing and other commonly used clinical trial
outcome measures. Henricson EK1, Abresch RT, Cnaan A, Hu F, Duong T, Arrieta A, Han J,
Escolar DM, Florence JM, Clemens PR, Hoffman EP, McDonald CM; CINRG Investigators.
Muscle Nerve. 2013 Jul; 48(1):55-67. doi: 10.1002/mus.23808.
The cooperative international neuromuscular research group Duchenne natural history study--a
longitudinal investigation in the era of glucocorticoid therapy: design of protocol and the methods
used. McDonald CM1, Henricson EK, Abresch RT, Han JJ, Escolar DM, Florence JM, Duong T,
Arrieta A, Clemens PR, Hoffman EP, Cnaan A; Cinrg Investigators. Muscle Nerve. 2013 Jul;
48(1):32-54. doi: 10.1002/mus.23807.
Garcia-Rosell M, Moore S, Pattanaik D, Menon Y, Bertorini T, Carbone L. Signal recognition
antibody-positive myopathy and response to intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIG). J Clin
Rheumatol 2013 June; 19(4): 214-217.
ALSUntangled No. 17: “When ALS Is Lyme”. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2012; 13:487-491.
ALSUntangled No. 16: Cannabis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2012;13:400-404.
ALSUntangled No. 15: Coconut Oil. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2012;13:328-330.
ALSUntangled No. 14: Mototab. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2012; 13:161-164.
Hubbert C, Pendley C, Mansoor S, Bertorini TE. Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 with Electrical
Myotonia and without Weakness. AANEM. Online Case CME, AANEM Website, January 2013.
Escolar DM, Hache LP, Clemens, PR, Cnaan A, McDonald CM, Viswanathan V, Kornberg AS,
Escolar DM, Zimmerman A, Bertorini T, et al. Pentoxifyline rescue treatment in DMD. A
randomized double blind clinical trial. Neurology 28 (22) 904-913, 2012.
Chai Y, Bertorini TE, Khan RB, Randall MB, Shadle MK. Dermatomyositis Presenting with Focal
Scleroderma-like Skin Changes. J. Clin Neuromusc Dis. 2012, June 13;(4) 191-195.
Escolar D, Henricson E, Bartczak M, Parker K. et al., CINRG pilot trial of coenzyme Q10 in steroid-
treated Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Muscle Nerve, 2011, Aug: 44 (2): 174-178.
Chai Y, Bertorini TE, Li YD, Mitchell C, Guan H. Limb edema and anasarca with severe
dermatomyositis: Report of four cases. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Dis. 2011; 21:439-443.
CINRG pilot trial of coenzyme Q10 in steroid-treated Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Spurney CF1,
Rocha CT, Henricson E, Florence J, Mayhew J, Gorni K, Pasquali L, Pestronk A, Martin GR, Hu F,
Nie L, Connolly AM, Escolar DM; Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group
Investigators. Muscle Nerve. 2011 Aug;44(2):174-8. doi: 10.1002/mus.22047.
Bertorini, TE, et al (CINRG group). Randomized, blinded trial of weekend versus daily prednisone
in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neurology, 2012, Aug 2; 77(5): 444-52 Epub 2011 Jul 13.
Escolar DM, Hache LP, Clemens, PR, Cnaan A, McDonald CM, Viswanathan V, Kornberg AS,
Bertorini, TE, eTal (CINRG Group). Randomized, blinded trial of weekend versus daily
prednisone in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Neurology, 2012, Aug2; 77(5): 444-52 Epub 2011 Jul
13.
SPP1 genotype is a determinant of disease severity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Pegoraro E1,
Hoffman EP, Piva L, Gavassini BF, Cagnin S, Ermani M, Bello L, Soraru G, Pacchioni B,
Bonifati MD, Lanfranchi G, Angelini C, Kesari A, Lee I, Gordish-Dressman H, Devaney JM,
McDonald CM;
Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group. Neurology. 2011 Jan 18; 76(3):219-26.
doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318207afeb.
Bertorini TE. (ed) Neuromuscular Disorders: Treatment and Management. Elsevier, Boston, 2011.
Author and Contributing Author for: Introduction; Chapter 7 - Immunotherapy in Neuromuscular
Disorders; Chapter 10 - Perioperative Care in Neuromuscular Disorders; and, Chapter 20 -
Management and Treatment of Acquired Metabolic Endocrine and Nutritional Neuropathies/
Myopathies.
Mitchell CW. Bertorini TE. Chapter 7- Principles and Guidelines of Immunotherapy in
Neuromuscular Disorders. Neuromuscular Disorders: Treatment and Management. Saunders
Elsevier, 2011.
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Bertorini TE, Li, YD, Bassam BA, Mitchell, CW. Chapter 10-Perioperative Management of
Patients with Neuromuscular Disorders. Neuromuscular Disorders: Treatment and Management.
Saunders Elsevier, 2011.
Bassam, BA, Bertorini TE. Chapter 20 – Neuromuscular Manifestations of Acquired Metabolic,
Endocrine, and Nutritional Disorders. Neuromuscular Disorders: Treatment and Management.
Saunders Elsevier, 2011.
Pegoraro E, Hoffman EP, Piva L, Gavassini BF, et al., SPP1 genotype is a determinant of disease
severity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neurology. 2011, Jan 18; 76(3): 219-226.
ALSUntangled No. 13: Bee Venom, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2011;12:471-472.
ALSUntangled No. 12: Dean Kraft, Energy Healer. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2011;12:389-391.
ALSUntangled No. 11: Nu Tech Mediworld. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2011;12:309-311.
Pegoraro E, Hoffman EP, Piva L, Gavassini BF, et al., Bertorini TE, CINRG Investigators. SPPI
genotype is a determinant of disease severity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neurology 2011; 76,
219-226.
Bertorini TE, Rashed H, Zeno M, Tolley EA, Igarashi M, Li YD. Effects of 3-4 Diaminopyridine
(DAP) in Motor Neuron Diseases. J Clin Neuromuc Dis 2011; 12:129-137.
Escolar Diana, Hache Lauren, Clemens, Paul, Cnaan Avital, McDonald Craig, Viswanathan
Venkataraman, Kornberg Andrew, Bertorini, Tulio, et al. (CINRG group) Randomized, blinded trial
of weekend versus daily prednisone in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neurology. 2011; Aug
2;77(5) 444-452. Nishant Dwivedi, Marco Radic, Jerry Thompson, Christie Michael, D. Betty Lew,
Sandra Arnold, periorbital edema. In Press.
Masanori Igarashi, Tulio Bertorini, Linda K. Myers, Monica L. Brown. A case of bilateral Chai,
Yaohui, Bertorini, Tulio, McGrew Frank. Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy Associated with
Cardiomyopathy: Report of Two Siblings. Muscle & Nerve, Vol 43, No 1, January 2011, pp 133-
136.
M Pasnoor, MD, G Wolfe, MD, S Nations, MD, J Trivedi, MD, R Barohn, MD, L Herbelin, BS, A
McVey, MD, M Dimachkie, MD, J Kissel, MD, R Walsh, MD, A Amato, MD, T Mozaffar, MD, M
Hungs, MD, L Chui, MD J. Goldstein, MD, S Novella, MD, T Burns, MD, L Phillips, G Claussen,
MD, A Young, MD, T Bertorini, MD, S Oh, MD. Clinical Findings in MuSK-Antibody Positive
Myasthenia Gravis: A U.S. Experience. Muscle & Nerve, March 2010;41(3):370-374.
Chai, Yaohui and Bertorini, Tulio. A Female with Progressive Four-Limb Paresthesias and Gait
Difficulty. A Case Review. J Clin Neuromusc Dis 2010; 11:191-197.
O’Carroll, Peter and Bertorini, Tulio. Transient Neonatal Myasthenia Gravis in a Baby Born to a
Mother with New-Onset Anti-MuSK-Mediated Myasthenia Gravis. J Clin Neuromusc Dis Dec
2009; 11:69-71.
O’Carroll Peter, Bertorini Tulio, Maccarino Sue. Artifact on Electromyography Produced by an
Implanted Sacral Nerve Stimulator. J Clin Neuromusc Dis Dec 2009,11:77-78.
Davonna S. Ledet, MS, Rupert Handgretinger, MD, Tulio E. Bertorini, MD, Gregory A. Hale, Raul
C. Ribeiro, MD and Raja B. Khan, MD. Leucoencephalopathy, Transverse Myelopathy, and
Peripheral Neuropathy in Association with Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase-65 Antibodies in Children
with Cancer. Journal of Child Neurology November 2008; 23; 11: 1357 originally published online
May 12, 2008.
Bertorini TE, Perez A. Tammaa, M. Disorders of the adrenal glands and new corticosteroid
treatment. Chapter 79 of Interface of Neurology and Internal Medicine. J Biller (ed). Elsevier,
Boston 2008.
Bertorini TE. 101 Neuromuscular Case Studies. Bertorini TE (ed). Elsevier, Boston, 2008.
Mayhew JE, Florence JM, Mayhew TP, Henricson EK, et al. and Bertorini TE (participating
CINRG investigator). Reliable surrogate outcome measures in multicenter clinical trials of Duchenne
muscular dystrophy. Muscle Nerve. 35:36-42. 2007.
Holt AE, Mitchell CW, Maccarino S, Bertorini TE. An Older Female with Chronic Fluctuating
Weakness. J Clin Neuromusc Dis Mar 2007; 8:152-160.
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Al-Hayk EA, Bertorini TE. Neuromuscular Complications in Uremics: A review. The Neurologist
2007;13: 131-137.
Dunckley T, Huentelman MJ, Craig DW, Pearson JV, Szelinger S, Joshipura K, Halperin RF,
Stamper C, Jenson KR, Letizia D, Hesterlee SE, Pestronk A, Levine T, Bertorini T, et al. Whole-
Genome Analysis of Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. N Engl J Med. 2007;357: 775-788.
Mitchell CW, Bertorini TE. Diffusely Increased Insertional Activity: “EMG Disease” or
Asymptomatic Myotonia Congenita? Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007 Sep;89(9):1212-1213.
Buyse GM, Goemans N, Henricson EK, Jara A, van den Hauwe M, Leshner R, Florence JM,
Mayhew JE, Escolar DM. CINRG Pilot Trial of Oxatomide in Steroid-Naïve Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy. European Journal of Paediartric Neurology, 2007, Vol 11, Issue 6, pages 337-340.
Mayhew JE, Florence JM, Mayhew TP, Henricson EK, Leshner RT, McCarter RJ, Escolar DM.
Reliable Surrogate Outcome Measures in Multicenter Clinical Trials of Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy, Muscle and Nerve, 2007, Vol 35, Issue 1, pages 36-42.
Buyse GM, Goemans N, Henricson EK, Jara A, van den Hauwe M, Leshner R, Florence JM,
Mayehw JE, Escolar DM. CINRG Pilot Trial of Oxatomide in Steroid-Naïve Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy, European Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 2007, Vol 11, Issue 6, pages 337-340.
Mayhew JE, Florence JM, Mayhew TP, Henricson EK, Leshner RT, McCarter RJ, Escolar DM.
Reliable Surrogate Outcome Measures in Multicenter Clinical Trials of Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy, Muscle and Nerve, 2007, Vol 35, Issue 1, pages 36-42.
Bertorini TE. Chapter: Peripheral Sensory Conduction Studies, in Clinical Neurophysiology of
Peripheral Nerve Diseases, Volume of Clinical Neurophysiology Handbook. Daulbe J and Mauguire
F (eds). Elsevier. 2006.
Mitchell C, Bertorini TE. A boy with proximal weakness and cardiomyopathy. Journal of Clinical
Neuromuscular Disease. 8(2):83-91, December 2006.
Perez A, Bertorini TE. A woman with spontaneous focal muscle movements. Journal of Clinical
Neuromuscular Disease. 8(1):35-44, September 2006.
Gupta D, Bertorini TE. Troponin levels in patients with myopathies. Journal of Clinical
Neuromuscular Disease. 7(4):212, June 2006.
Escolar DM, Buyse G, Henricson E, Leshner R, et al., CINRG investigators. CINRG randomized
controlled trial of creatine and glutamine in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Ann Neurol 2005, Jul;58
(1): 151-5.
Escolar DM, Buyse G, Henricson E, Leshner R, Florence J, Mayhew J, Tesi-Rocha C, Gorni K,
Pasquali L, Patel KM, McCarter R, Huang J, Mayhew T, Bertorini T, Carlo J, Connolly A, Clemens
P, Goemans N, Iannaccone S, Igarashi M, Nevo Y, Pestronk A, Subramony SH, Vedanarayanan VV,
Wessel H, and the CINRG group.
Randomized controlled trial of creatine and glutamine in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Annals
Neurol. Jul: 58 (1): 151-155, 2005.
Owens WE, Gupta D, Bertorini TE, Enhancement of contralateral ptosis upon passively holding an
eyelid in mitochondrial myopathy resembling myasthenia gravis. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular
Disease. 6(4):188-190, 2005.
Owens WE, Bertorini TE, Holt H T, Shadle HT. Diffuse fasciitis with eosinophilia (Shulman
Syndrome). Images in Neuromuscular disease. J. Clin Neuromusc Dis 6:99-101, 2004.
Bertorini T, Narayanaswami P, Rashed H. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (hereditary motor sensory
neuropathies) and hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies. Neurologist. 2004 Nov;10(6):327-
37.
Martinez P, Bertorini TE. La neuropatia diabetica. Revista Neurologica Argentina, 29:72-84, 2004.
Gupta Devanchi, Bertorini TE. Clinical Approach to a Patient Presenting with Foot Drop.
Neuromuscular Case Review. J Clin Neuromusc Dis 5(3):154-165. March 2004.
Bertorini TE. Preoperative management of patients with neuromuscular disorders. Neurology
Clinics of North America. Saunders. May 2004. Vol 22, No. 2; 293-313.
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Bertorini TE. Perisurgical management of patients with neuromuscular disorders. Perioperative
Management and Preoperative assessment of neurologic diseases. Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez (ed.),
Neurologic Clinics of North America, Elsevier Saunders, Volume 22 (2): pp. 293-313, 2004.
LeDoux MS, Gupta D, Bertorini TE. Dropped head presentation of mitochondrial myopathy.
Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Diseases Vol 4, No 2, Dec. 2003; 108-114.
Bertorini T, Narayanaswami P. Autoimmune Neuropathies. Comprehensive Therapy 2003; 29 (4):
194-209.
Ahmed SN, Bertorini T, Narayanaswami P, Senthilkumar K. Clinical Approach to a Patient
Presenting with Muscle Stiffness. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. Vol 4, No 3, March
2003, 150-160.
Bertorini T. Lumbosacral Plexopathy Causes Intrapartum Foot Drop. Journal Watch Neurology.
January 2003.
Eisenberg I, Grabov-Nardini G, Nochner H, Korner M, Sadeh M, Bertorini T, Bushby K, Castellan
C, Felice K, Mendell J, Merlini M, Shilling C, Wirguin I, Argov Z, Mitrani-Rosenbaum S. Mutations
spectrum of the GNE gene in Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy sparing the quadriceps. Human
Mutation Jan;21(1):99, 2003. Neurology 2002.
Weintraub MI, Wolfe GI, Barohn RA. Et al: Static magnetic field therapy for symptomatic diabetic
neuropathy: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehab 2003; 84:
736-46.
Escolar DM, Henricson EK, Pasquali L, Gorni K, Hoffman, EP. And the CINRG investigators.
Collaborative Translational Research Leading to Multicenter Clinical Trials in Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy: The Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group (CINRG).
Neuromuscular Disorders, 2002, Vol 12, pages S-147-S154
Bertorini TE. Malignant Hyperthermia. In: Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice, Kitirgi,
Preston, Kaminski HJ (ed.), Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002, pp. 1021-1027.
Bertorini TE. (Editor) Clinical Evaluation and Diagnostic Tests for Neuromuscular Disorders.
Butterworth-Heinemann, Amsterdam, 2002. Also, the author of the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Bertorini TE, Overview of Classification of Neuromuscular Disorders, pp. 1-14.
Chapter 2: Bertorini T, Clinical Evaluation and Clinical Laboratory Tests, pp. 15-98.
Chapter 19: Bertorini TE, Horner LH, Histology and Histochemistry of Muscle and Nerve, 595-692.
Appendixes 1: Bertorini TE, Narayanaswami P., Senthilkumar k., Diagnostic Pathways of
Generalized Neuromuscular Disorders and Diagnostic Workup of Segmental or Focal Disorders, pp
739-762.
Appendixes 2: Bertorini TE, Narayanaswami P., Senthilkumar k., Important Neuromuscular
Disorder Diagnostic Criteria, pp. 763-798.
Appendixes 3: Bertorini TE, Narayanaswami P., Senthilkumar k., Protocols of Evaluation and
Neuromuscular Disorder Rating Scales, pp. 799-826.
Appendixes 4: Bertorini TE, Narayanaswami P., Senthilkumar k., Important Neuromuscular Web
sites, pp. 827-836.
Escolar DM, Henricson EK, Pasquali L, Gorni K, Hoffman EP. Collaborative translational research
leading to multicenter clinical trials in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: The Cooperative International
Neuromuscular Research Group (CINRG). Neuromuscul Disord. 2002 Oct;12 Suppl 1: S147-154.
Escolar DM, Henricson EK, Mayhew J, Florence J, Leshner R, Patel KM, Clemens PR and the
CINRG investigators. Clinical Evaluator Reliability for Quantitative and Manual Muscle Testing
measures of Strength in Children. Muscle & Nerve, 2001, Vol 24, Issue 6, pages 787-793.
Garcia-Roseell M, Moore, S. Patanaik D, Menon, Y, Bertorini T, Carbone L. Signal recognition
antibody positive myopathy and response to immunoglobulin. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. In
press.
Bertorini TE, Sebes JI, Palmieri GMA, Igarashi M, Horner LH. Diltiazem in the treatment of
calcinosis in juvenile dermatomyositis. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease 2(4):191-193,
2001.
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Escolar DM, Henricson EK, Mayhew J, Florence J, Leshner R, Patel KM, Clemens PR, and the
CINRG Investigators. Clinical evaluator reliability for quantitative and manual muscle testing
measures of strength in children. Muscle & Nerve 24:787-793, 2001.
Multicenter Trial. Escolar DM, Henricson EK, Bertorini T, et al. Clinical evaluator reliability for
quantitative and manual muscle testing measures of strength in children. Muscle & Nerve 2001.
June; 24 (6) 787-93.
Book Chapters: Bertorini, TE, Muscular Dystrophies. In: Neuromuscular Disorders: Expert
Clinician’s View, R Pourmand (ed.), Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.
Narayanaswami P, Bertorini TE. Progressive amyotrophy as a late complication of myelopathy. J
Neurol Sci 184(1):11-13, 2001.
Khan RB, Bertorini TE, Levin MC. HTLV-1 and its neurological complications. The Neurologist
7:271-278, 2001.
Wulff EA, Bertorini TE. Parkinson Disease: New forms of diagnosis and treatment. Medico
Interamericano 19(7):268, 2000.
Wulff EA, Bertorini TE. Neurologic complications of systemic inflammatory and autoimmune
diseases. Medico Interamericano 19(7):111, 2000.
Narayanaswami P, Bertorini TE, Halford H. Selective paraspinal amyotrophy. J Neurol Sci
176(1):70-74, 2000.
Bedlack RS, Bertorini TE, Sanders DB. Hidden afterdischarges in slow channel congenital
myasthenic syndrome. J Clin Neuromusc Dis 1:186-189, 2000.
Apfel SC, Schwartz S, Adornato BT, Freeman R, Biton V, Randell M, Vinik A, Giuliani M, Stevens
JC, Barbano R, Dyck PJ and the rhNGF Clinical Investigator Group. Efficacy and safety of
recombinant human nerve growth factor in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy. A randomized
controlled trial. JAMA 284(17):2215-2221, 2000.
Narayanaswami P, Bertorini TE, Pourmand R, Horner L. Long-term tracheotomy ventilation in
neuromuscular diseases: patient acceptance and quality of life. Neurorehabilitation & Neural
Repair 14:135-139, 2000.
Narayanaswami P, Bertorini TE. The dropped head syndrome. J Clin Neuromusc Dis 2(2):106-
112, 2000.
Halford H, Graves A, Bertorini T. Muscle and nerve imaging techniques in neuromuscular diseases.
J Clin Neuromusc Dis 2:41-51, 2000.
Schweizer V, Woodson GE, Bertorini TE. Single-fiber electromyography of the laryngeal muscles.
Muscle & Nerve 22(1):111-114, 1999.
Alzagatiti BI, Bertorini TE, Horner LH, Maccarino VS, O’Brien T. Focal Myositis Presenting with
Radial Nerve Palsy. Muscle & Nerve 22:956-959, 1999.
Varelas PN, Bertorini TE, Halford H. Bilateral ophthalmoplegia and exophthalmos complicating
central hemodialysis catheter placement. Am J Kidney Dis 33(5):966-969, 1999.
Siddiqui MF, Bertorini TE. Hypophosphatemia-induced neuropathy: Clinical and
electrophysiologic findings. Muscle Nerve 21:650-652, 1998.
Nymann T, Hathaway DK, Bertorini TE, Shokouh-Amiri MH, Gaber AO (DCCT Research Group).
Studies of the Impact of Pancreas-Kidney and Kidney Transplantation on Peripheral Nerve
Conduction in Diabetic Patients. Transplantation Proceedings 30:323-324, 1998.
Almsaddi M, Bertorini TE, Seltzer WK. Demyelinating Neuropathy in a Patient with Multiple
Sclerosis and Genotypical HMSN-1. Neuromuscular Disorders 8(2):87-89, 1998.
Pegoraro E, Marks H, Garcia CA, Crawford T, Mancias P, Connolly AM, Fanin M, Martinello F,
Trevisan CP, Angelini C, Stella A, Scavina M, Munk RL, Servidei S, Bonnemann CC, Bertorini T,
Acsadi G, Thompson CE, Gagnon D, Hoganson G, Carver V, Zimmerman RA, Hoffman EP.
Laminin alpha2 Congenital muscular dystrophy: genotype/phenotype studies of 22 patients.
Neurology 51(1):101-110, 1998.
Bertorini TE. Inflammatory Myopathies (Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, Inclusion Body
Myositis). Comp Ther 24:494-502, 1998.
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Bertorini TE. Myoglobinuria, Malignant Hyperthermia, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome,
Serotonin Syndrome - In - Neurology Clinics of North America, Sanders Publishing Company, Vol.
15(3), pp. 649-671, 1997.
Elsehety A, Bertorini TE. Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Complications of Crohn's Disease.
Southern Medical Journal 90(6):606-610, 1997.
Khan AR, Bertorini TE, Horner LH. Tongue Involvement in a Patient with Granulomatous
Myositis. South Med J 90(9):937-939, 1997.
Jaster JH, Dohan FC Jr, Bertorini TE, Bass JE, Mönkemüller KE, Handorf CR, Gerald BE. Solitary
spinal cord sarcoidosis without other manifestations of systemic sarcoidosis. Clin Imaging 21(1):17-
22, 1997.
Almsaddi M, Bertorini TE, Bastnagel W. Remission of Myasthenia Gravis Caused by Proteinuria
in Nephrotic Syndrome. Muscle Nerve 20:1583-1586, 1997.
Varelas PN, Bertorini TE, Kapaki E, Papageorgiou CT. Paget’s disease of bone and motor neuron
disease. Muscle Nerve. 1997 May;20(5):630.
Bertorini TE, Gelfand MS, O'Brien TF. Encephalopathy Due to Capillary Leak Syndrome.
Southern Med J 90(10):1060-1062, 1997.
Bertorini TE. Myoglobinuria, malignant hyperthermia, neuroleptic syndrome and serotonin
syndrome. Neurol Clin 15(3):649-671, 1997.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) tPA Stroke Study Group. A
Systems Approach to Immediate Evaluation and Management of Hyperacute Stroke. Experience at
eight centers and implications for community practice and patient care. Stroke 28:1530-1540, 1997.
Bertorini TE, Siegel IM. Bent spine syndrome. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1997
Apr;62(4):429.
Jaster JH, Bertorini TE, Swims MP, Dohan FC Jr, Menke PG, Becske T, Monkemuller KE.
Dropped head syndrome. Neurology. 1997 Feb; 48(2):551; author reply 551-2.
Jaster JH, Bertorini TE, Dohan FC, Jr., O'Brien TF, Wang H, Becske T, Menke PG, Handorf CR,
Horner LH, Mönkemüller KE. Solitary focal demyelination in the brain as a paraneoplastic disorder.
Med Pediatr Oncol 26(2):111-115, 1996.
Bertorini TE, Nance A, Horner LH, Greene W, Gelfand MS, Jaster JH. Complications of
intravenous gammaglobulin in neuromuscular and other diseases. Muscle Nerve 19(3):388-391,
1996.
Palmieri GMA, Bertorini TE, Griffin JW, Igarashi M, Karas JG. Assessment of whole body
composition with dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Correlation of
lean body mass with muscle function. Muscle Nerve 19(6):777-779, 1996.
DCCT Research Group. Effects of intensive diabetes therapy on neuropsychological function in
adults in the diabetes control and complications trial. Ann Intern Med 124:379-388, 1996.
Santorelli FM, Sciacco M, Tanji K, Shanske S, Vu TH, Golzi V, Griggs RC, Mendell JR, Hays AP,
Bertorini TE, Pestronk A, Bonilla E, DiMauro S. Multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions in
sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis: A study of 56 patients. Ann Neurol 39(6):789-795, 1996.
Jaster JH, Dohan FC Jr, Bertorini TE, Menke PG, Swims MP. Choroid plexus histoplasmoma:
clinical, pathologic, and imaging findings. South Med J 89(9):902-905, 1996.
Jaster JH, Bertorini TE, Swims MP, Dohan FC Jr, Menke PG, Becske T, Mönkemüller KE.
Cervical kyphosis after resolution of myopathic head drop: a case report. Spine 21:2023-2025, 1996.
Jaster JH, Porterfield LM, Bertorini TE, Dohan FC Jr, Becske T. Stroke and cardiac arrest.
Neurology 1996 Nov; 47(5):1357.
Santorelli FM, Sciacco M, Tanji K, Shanske S. Vu THE, Golzi V, Griggs RC, Mendell JR, Hays AP,
Bertorini TE, Pestronk A, Bonilla, DiMauro S. Multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions in sporadic
inclusion body myositis. Study of 56 patients. Ann Neurol. 1996 June;39(6):789-95.
Bertorini T, Halford H, Lawrence J, Vo D, Wassef M. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance
imaging of the lumbosacral roots in the dysimmune inflammatory polyneuropathies. J
Neuroimaging (US) 5(1):9-15, 1995.
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Nutting DF, Schriock EA, Palmieri GM, Bittle JB, Elmendorf BJ, Horner LH, Edwards MC, Griffin
JW, Sacks HS, Bertorini TE. Octreotide enhances positive calcium balance in Duchenne muscular
dystrophy. Am J Med Sci 310(3):91-98, 1995.
DCCT Research Group. Effect of intensive diabetes treatment on nerve conduction in the diabetes
control and complications trial, Ann Neurol 38:869-880, 1995.
Bertorini TE, Laster R. False evidence of carotid stenosis on magnetic resonance angiography
caused by surgical clips. J Neuroimaging 5(4):206-208, 1995.
Jaster JH, Porterfield LM, Bertorini TE, Dohan FC, Jr., Becske T. Cardiac arrest following
vertebrobasilar stroke. J Tenn Med Assoc 88(8):309, 1995.
DCCT Research Group. The diabetes control and complications trial (DCCT). The effect of
intensive diabetes therapy on the development and progression of neuropathy. Ann Int Med
122(8):561-568, 1995.
Meyer M, Gaines K, Payne A, Bales C, Malcolm J, Barlow R, Wilson M, Cape C, Bertorini T,
Misulis K, Paulsen W, Shepard D, et al. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
rt-PA Stroke Study Group. Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. NEJM
333(24):1581-1587, 1995.
Executive Committee for the Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study. Endarterectomy for
asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. JAMA 273:1421-1428, 1995.
The Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study Group. Carotid endarterectomy for patients with
asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD,
USA. J Neurol Sci 129:76-77, 1995.
The Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study Group. Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid
artery stenosis. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of
Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA. JAMA 273:1421-2428,
1995.
Bertorini TE, Woodhouse C, Horner L. Muscle hypertrophy secondary to the tethered cord
syndrome. Muscle & Nerve 17:331-335, 1994.
Bertorini TE, Stalberg E, Yuson CP, Engel WK. Single-fiber electromyography in neuromuscular
disorders: correlation of muscle histochemistry, single-fiber electromyography, and clinical findings.
Muscle & Nerve 17:345-353, 1994.
Griffin JW, Tooms RE, Vander Zwaag R, O'Toole ML, Bertorini TE. Eccentric and concentric
muscle performance in patients with spastic paresis secondary to motor neuron disease. A
preliminary report. Neuromuscl Disord 4(2):131-138, 1994.
Parham DM, Dias P, Bertorini T, von Wronski MA, Horner L, Houghton P. Immunohistochemical
analysis of the distribution of MyoD1 in muscle biopsies of primary myopathies and neurogenic
atrophy. Acta Neuropathol (Berl) 87(6):605-611, 1994.
Hirano M, Silvestri G, Blake EM, Lombes A, Minetti C, Bonilla E, Hays AP, Lovelace RE, Butler I,
Bertorini TE, et al. Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE): clinical,
biochemical and genetic features of an autosomal recessive mitochondrial disorder. Neurology
44(4):721-727, 1994.
The DCCT Research Group. Effect of intensive diabetes treatment on the development and
progression of long-term complications in Adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus:
Diabetes control and complications trial. J Pediatr 125:177-188, 1994.
Moufarrej NA, Bertorini TE. Respiratory insufficiency in adult acid maltase deficiency. South
Med J 86(5):560-567, 1993.
Griffin JW, Tooms RE, Vander Zwaag R, Bertorini TE, O'Toole ML. Eccentric muscle
performance of elbow and knee muscle groups in untrained men and women. Med Sci Sports and
Exerc 25:936-944, 1993.
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DCCT Research Group. The diabetes control and complications trial (DCCT). The effect of
intensive treatment of diabetes on the development and progression of long-term complications in
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. NEJM 329:977-986, 1993.
Dick M, Bertorini TE, Igarashi M. Congenital muscular dystrophy presenting with respiratory
failure. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 34:264-282, 1992.
Bertorini TE, Palmieri GM, Griffin JW, Igarashi M, Hinton A, Karas JG. Effect of dantrolene in
Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Muscle & Nerve 14:503-507, 1991.
Puniani, TS, Bertorini TE. Tocainide therapy in muscle cramps and spasms due to neuromuscular
disease. Muscle Nerve 14:280-285, 1991.
Silva AB, Bertorini TE, Lemmi H. Polysomnography in idiopathic muscle pain syndrome. Arq
Neuro-Psiquiat (São Paulo) 49(4):437-441, 1991.
Cox LK, Bertorini T, Laster RE, Jr. Headaches due to spontaneous internal carotid artery
dissection: Magnetic Resonance Imaging evaluation and follow up. Headache 31(1):12-16, 1991.
Lichstein KL, Fischer SM, Eakin TL, Amberson JI, Bertorini T, Hoon PW. Psychophysiological
parameters of migraine and muscle-contraction headaches. Headache 31(1):27-34, 1991.
Bertorini TE, Gelfand M. Neurological complications of bacterial endocarditis. Comprehensive
Therapy 16(12):47-55, 1990.
Law PK, Bertorini TE, Goodwin TG, Chen M, Fang QW, Li HJ, Kirby DS, Florendo JA, Herrod
HG, Golden GS. Dystrophin production induced by myoblast transfer therapy in Duchenne muscular
dystrophy. Lancet. 1990, Jul 14;336(8707):114-5.
Woodall WC, III, Bertorini TE, Bakhtian B, Gelfand M. Spinal arachnoiditis with cryptococcus
neoformans in a non-immunocompromised child. Pediatric Neurology 6:206-208, 1990.
Bertorini TE, Thompson BF, Laster RE, Jr. MRI imaging in subacute bacterial endocarditis.
Archives of Internal Medicine 149:815-817, 1989.
Gelfand MS, Holladay R, Bertorini T, Adams RF. Staphylococcal pyomyositis with idiopathic
dermatomyositis. J Tenn Med Assoc. 1989 May; 82(5):243-4.
Bertorini TE, Laster RE Jr. Thompson BF, Gelfand M. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in
bacterial endocarditis. Arch Intern Med. 1989 Apr; 149(4):815-7.
Bertorini TE, Palmieri GM, Griffin JW. Effects of chronic treatment of diltiazem in Duchenne
muscular dystrophy. Neurology 38:609-613, 1988.
DCCT Research Group. Are continuing studies of metabolic control and microvascular
complications in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus justified? N Engl J Med 318:246-50, 1988.
Knubley WA, Bertorini TE. Congenital muscular dystrophy with cerebellar atrophy: A case report.
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 30(3):378-83, 1988.
Bertorini TE. EMG in Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis - In - Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis,
MC Dalakas (ed.), Butterworth Publishers, Woburn, MA, 1988.
Bertorini TE. Histopathology of the Inflammatory Myopathies - In - Polymyositis and
Dermatomyositis, MC Dalakas (ed.), Butterworth Publishers, Woburn, MA, 1988.
Bertorini TE. Neuromuscular Diseases - In - Synopsis of Pediatrics, 7th Edition, RL Summitt (ed.),
Mosby Company, 1988.
Palmieri GM, Nutting DF, Bertorini TE. Smooth-muscle involvement in Duchenne muscular
dystrophy. N Engl, J Med. 1988 Nov 24;319(21):1418-9.
Bertorini TE. Idiopathic inflammatory neuropathies. Memphis Neuroscience Center Quarterly Vol
3(2), Summer, 1988.
Metcalf JC, Jr., Wood JB, Bertorini TE. Benign focal amyotrophy. Metrizamide CT evidence of
cord atrophy. Case Report. Muscle Nerve 3:338-45, 1987.
Bertorini TE. Histologic Studies in Muscle of Hyperparathyroidism - In - New Actions of
Parathyroid Hormone, SG Massry (ed.), Plenum Publishing Corporation, NY, 1987.
DCCT Research Group. Effects of age, duration and treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus on residual ß-cell function: observations during eligibility testing for the Diabetes Control
and Complications Trial (DCCT). J Clin Endocrinol Metab 65:30-6, 1987.
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DCCT Research Group. Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT). Results of the
feasibility study. Diabetes Care 10:1-9: Jan-Feb 1987.
DCCT Research Group. Color photography vs. fluorescein angiography in the detection of diabetic
retinopathy in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT). Arch Ophthalmol 105:144,
1987.
Palmieri GM, Bertorini TE, Nutting DF. Calcium and blood pressure. Lancet. 1986 Nov
8,2(8515):1106.
DCCT Research Group. The diabetes control and complications trial (DCCT). Design and
methodological considerations for the feasibility phase. Diabetes 35:530-45, 1986.
Hazard PB, Bertorini TE, Griffin JP. Myasthenia gravis associated with small cell carcinoma of the
lung. J Tennessee Med Assoc 79(5):273-6, 1986.
Fox IH, Shefner R, Palmieri GM, Bertorini T. Duchenne muscular dystrophy: normal ATP
turnover in cultured cells. Adv Exp Med Biol 195:493-9, 1986.
da Cunha C, Bertorini TE, Lawrence J, Witherington JM. Central pontine myelinolysis - a
preventable condition. Two case reports and review of the literature. J Tenn Med Assoc 79:469-72,
1986.
Asa DK, Bertorini TE, Pinals RS. Case Report: Myositis ossificans circumscripta: A complication
of tetanus. Am J Med Sci 292(1):40-3, 1986.
Bertorini TE, Adornato BT, Kucera J. Benign focal amyotrophy. Arch Neurol. 1986 May;
43(5):432.
Griffin JW, McClure MH, Bertorini TE. Sequential isokinetic and manual muscle testing in
patients with neuromuscular disease. A pilot study. Physical Therapy 66(1):32-5, 1986.
Palmieri GMA, Bertorini TE, Bhattacharya SK, Nutting DF, Hinton AB. Muscle calcium
accumulation in muscular dystrophy. - In - Intracellular Calcium Regulation, Baker H, Gietzen K,
Rosenthal J, Rudel R, Wolf HU (eds.), Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, 1985.
Koch B, Bertorini TE, Eng G, Boehm R. Severe multicore disease associated with reaction to
anesthesia. Arch Neurol 42:1204-6, 1985.
Bertorini TE, Igarashi M. Postpoliomyelitis muscle pseudohypertrophy. Muscle & Nerve 8:644-9,
1985.
Bertorini TE, Palmieri GMA, Griffin J, Chesney C, Pifer D, Verling L, Airozo D, Fox IH. Chronic
allopurinol and adenine therapy in DMD: effects on muscle function nucleotide degradation and
muscle ATP and ADP content. Neurology 35:61-5, 1985.
Fox IH, Shefner R, Palmieri GMA, Bertorini TE. Duchenne muscular dystrophy: normal ATP
turnover in cultured cells. Neurology 35:1521-4, 1985.
Bertorini TE. Requirements for adequate clinical trials in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Muscle
& Nerve 8:470-3, 1985.
Bertorini TE, Shively V, Taylor B, Palmieri GMA, Fox IH. ATP degradation products after
ischemic exercise: hereditary lack of phosphorylase of carnitine palmityltransferase. Neurology
35:1355-7, 1985.
Mendell JR, Kissel JT, Kennedy MS, Sahenk Z, Grinvalsky HT, Pittman GL, Kyler RS, Roelofs RI,
Whitaker JN, Bertorini, T. Plasma exchange and prednisone in Guillain-Barré syndrome: A
controlled randomized trial. Neurology 35:1551-5, 1985.
Mendell JR, Kissel JT, Kennedy MS, Sahenk Z, Grinvalsky HT, Pittman GL, Kyler RS, Roelofs RI,
Whitaker JN, Bertorini, TE. Plasma exchange and prednisone in acute inflammatory
polyradiculoneuropathy: a controlled randomized trial. J Clin Apheresis 2:332-342, 1985.
Reimao R, Lemmi H, Bertorini TE. Sonolencia excessiva diurna, apneia do sono tipo central e
distrofie miotonica. Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatria (Sao Paulo) 43(4):391-5, 1985.
Bertorini TE. Clinical trials in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the experience in Memphis,
Tennessee. Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences, Suppl. 1:153-8, 1984.
Bertorini TE, Bhattacharya SK, Palmieri GMA. Studies of calcium content in muscular dystrophy.
Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences Suppl. 1:103-10, 1984.
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Bertorini TE, Cornelio F, Bhattacharya SK, Palmieri GMA, Dones I, Dworzak F, Brambati B.
Calcium and magnesium content in fetuses at risk and pre-necrotic Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Neurology 34:1436-40, 1984.
Geoffrey VC, Bernthal JE, Bertorini TE, Bosma JF. Interaction of experimentally elicited auricular
cough with voluntary phonation. Folia Phoniatr 36:31-9, 1984.
Niakan E, Bertorini TE, Lemmi H, Medeiros M, Drewry R, Kish E. Spinocerebellar degeneration
and slow saccades in 3 generations of a kinship: clinical and electrophysiologic findings. Arq
Neuropsiquiatr (Brazil) 42(3):232-41, 1984.
Whitaker J, Bertorini T, Mendell J. Immunocytochemical studies of cathepsin D in human skeletal
muscle. Ann Neurol 13:133-42, 1983.
Bhattacharya SK, Palmieri GMA, Bertorini TE, Nutting DF. The effects of Diltiazem in dystrophic
hamsters. Muscle & Nerve 5:73-8, 1982.
Bertorini T, Palmieri G, Bhattacharya S. Beneficial effects of dantrolene sodium in exercise-
induced muscle pains calcium mediated? Lancet. 1982 March 13; 1 (8272):616-7.
Lewis JA, Bertorini TE. Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Tourette syndrome. Neurology. 1982
Mar; 32(3)329.
Gottdiener JS, Hawley RJ, Maron BJ, Bertorini TE, Engel WK. Characteristics of the cardiac
hypertrophy in Friedreich's Ataxia. American Heart Journal, St. Louis 103(4):525-31, 1982.
Engel AG, Lambert EH, Mulder DM, Torres CF, Sahashi K, Bertorini TE, Whitaker JN. A newly
recognized congenital myasthenic syndrome attributed to a prolonged open time of the
acetylcholine-induced ion channel. Ann Neurol 11:553-69, 1982.
Bertorini TE, Bhattacharya SK, Palmieri GMA, Chesney CM, Pifer D, Baker B. Muscle calcium
and magnesium content in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neurology 32:1088-92, 1982.
Niakan E, Bertorini TE, Acchiardo SR, Werner MF. Procainamide induced myasthenia-like
weakness in a patient with peripheral neuropathy. Arch Neurol 38:378-9, 1981.
Whitaker JN, Bertorini TE, Mendell JR. Immunocytochemical studies of cathepsin D in human
skeletal muscle. Trans Am Neurol Assoc. 1981; 106:219-21.
Bertorini TE, Palmieri GMA, Airozo D, Edwards L, Fox IH. Increased adenine nucleotide turnover
in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Pediatric Research 15:1478-82, 1981.
Palmieri GMA, Nutting DF, Bhattacharya SK, Bertorini TE, Williams JC. Parathyroid ablation in
dystrophic hamsters: effects on Ca content and histology of heart, diaphragm, and rectus femoris.
Journal for Clinical Investigations 68:646-54, 1981.
Niakan E, Pitner S, Whitaker J, Bertorini TE. The use of immuno¬suppressive agents in
corticosteroid-refractory childhood dermatomyositis. Neurology 30:286-91, 1980.
Bertorini TE, Yeh Y, Trevison C, Stadlan E, Sabesin S, DiMauro S. Carnitine palmityl transferase
deficiency: myoglobinuria and respiratory failure. Neurology 30:263-71, 1980.
Engel AG, Lambert EH, Mulder DM, Torres CF, Sahashi K, Bertorini TE, Whitaker JN.
Investigations of 3 cases of a newly recognized familial, congenital myasthenic syndrome.
Transactions American Neurological Assoc. 104:1-5, 1980.
Bertorini TE. Neuromuscular Diseases - In - Synopsis of Pediatrics, 5th Edition, James Hughes,
(ed.), The Mosby Company, 1979.
Brumback R, Bertorini TE, Engel WK, Trotter SL, Oliver KL, Zirzow SC. The effect of
acetylcholine receptor blockade on fibrillation and myotonia in rat skeletal muscle. Archives of
Neurology 35:8-10, 1978.
Brumback RA, Bertorini TE, Engel WK, Trotter JL, Oliver KL, Zirzow GC. The effect of
pharmacologic acetylcholine receptor on fibrillation and myotonia in rat skeletal muscle. Arch
Neurol. 1978 Jan;35(1):8-10.
Bertorini TE, Engel WK, DiChiro G, Dalakas M. Leukoencephalopathy in oculocraniosomatic
neuromuscular disease with ragged-red fibers: (mitochondrial abnormalities) demonstration by
computerized tomography. Archives of Neurology 35:643-7, 1978.
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Brumback RA, Bertorini TE, Lieberman J. Inside-of-the-body test drawings performed by patients
with neuromuscular diseases: a preliminary report. Perceptual and Motor Skills 47:155-60, 1978.
Bertorini TE, Brumback R, Kula R, Engel WK. Electrophysiological and histochemical
observations in 6 patients with muscle phosphorylase deficiency. Trans Am Neurol Assoc 103:141,
1977.
Bertorini TE, Brumback R, Kula R, Engel WK. Electrophysiological and histochemical
observations in 6 patients with muscle phosphorylase deficiency. Trans Am Neurol Assoc 103: 141,
1977.
Bertorini TE, Jacome D. Diabetic neuropathies, Rev. Soc. Col. Endoc., pages 34-42, 12/76.
Jacome D, Bertorini TE. Myasthenia Gravis, Revision, Universitas Medica XVIII, pages 1-10,
1976. Jacome D, Bertorini TE. Hepatic encephalopathy. Universitas Medica XVII, 1974, Bogota,
Columbia.
Bertorini TE. Nerve conduction velocity in normal Peruvians. Medical Thesis, San Marcos
University, Lima, Peru, 1970.
POSTERS
Mays, W., Talbot, L., Metter, J., Pan Izaguirre, M., Brede, E., Maturana, M., Bertorini, T.,
Alexandrov, A., accepted abstract, Neuromuscular Electrostimulation (NMES) used for increasing
quadriceps strength may also provide mild analgesia; poster presentation AAN, Baltimore, MD,
April 2017.
Mays, W., Bertorini, T.E., Talbot, L., Metter, J., Poster presentation, Focal Bioimpedance (BIA) and
Its Superiority Over Total Body BIA; accepted at the American Neurological Association’s (ANA)
2016 Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD, October 16-18, 2016.
Mays, W., Bertorini, T., Talbot, L., Metter, J., Bello, R., Nash, N., Yambem, O., Maturana, M., Pan
Izaguirre, M., Poster presentation Biompedance in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other
Neuromuscular Diseases: Potential Pitfalls of the Total Body Technique; NorthEast ALS Consortium
(NEALS) 2016 Annual Meeting. Clearwater, FL, October 4-6, 2016.
Yambem, O., Shadle, M., Bello, R., Shen, L., Bertorini, T., A Case Series of Inclusion Body
Myositis; ANA Poster Presentation, Baltimore, 2016.
Poster Discussion Session: Muscular Dystrophy. An Evaluation of Social and Medical Support for
Adult Stage Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Helen Ly, Tulio Bertorini. American Academy of
Neurology. San Diego, March 2013.
A Multicenter Screening Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Rasagiline in People with ALS. Yunxia
Wang, Dan Moore, Jonathan Katz, David Saperstein, David Walk, Ericka Simpson, Angela Genge,
Tulio Bertorini, Jose Fernandez, Andrea Swenson, Russell Swerdlow, Mazen Dimachkie, April
McVay, Laura Herbelin, Zachary Macci, Richard Barohn, WALS Rasagline. American Academy of
Neurology, Chicago, 2013.
A Multicenter Screening Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Rasagiline in People with ALS. Yunxia
Wang, Dan Moore, Jonathan Katz, David Saperstein, David Walk, Ericka Simpson, Angela Genge,
Tulio Bertorini, Jose Fernandez, Andrea Swenson, Russell Swerdlow, Mazen Dimachkie, April
McVay, Laura Herbelin, Zachary Macci, Richard Barohn, WALS Rasagline. American Academy of
Neurology, San Diego, March 20, 2013.
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CLINICAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1. Open-Label Multi-Center Trial of Riluzole 50 mg BID in Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Principal Investigator. August 1995 - March 1996.
2. A Phase III, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Human Nerve Growth Factor (rhNGF) in Subjects with Diabetic Neuropathy. Principal Investigator. May 1997 - April 1999.
3. A Randomized Multi-Center, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial on Static Magnetic Field Therapy for Symptomatic Diabetic Neuropathy. Sub-Investigator. 2002 - 2003.
4. A Randomized Study of Daily vs. high Dose Weekly Prednisone Therapy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, 2005 - 2007.
5. CINRG Randomized Controlled Trial of Creatine and Glutamine in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
6. Clinical Trial of Coenzyme Q10 and Lisinopril in Muscular Dystrophies.
7. A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Two Dose Strengths of Dalfampridine Extended Release Tablets for Treatment of Stable Walking Deficits in Post-Ischemic Stroke.
8. An Extension Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Dalfampridine Extended-Release Tablets for the Treatment of Chronic Post-Ischemic Stroke Walking Deficits in Subjects Who Participated in the DALF-PS-1016 Study (MILESTONE).
9. A Multi-Center Screening Trial of Safety and Efficacy of Rasagiline in Subjects with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). University of Kansas.
10. An Open-Label, Multi-Center, 48-Week Study with a Concurrent Untreated Control Arm to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Eteplirsen in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Sarepta.
11. An Open Label, Expanded Access Protocol Intended to Provide Treatment with MP-104
(Deflazacort) to U.S. Children, Adolescents, and/or Adults with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy-
Marathon Pharmaceuticals.
12. Longitudinal Study of the Relationship between Impairment, Activity Limitation, Participation and Quality of Life in Persons with Confirmed Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), 2007 – Present.
13. A Multicenter, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of H.P. Acthar® Gel in the Treatment of Subjects with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Phase 2b. Protocol #: MNK14042068. Mallinckrodt. 2016 – Present.
14. Entitled Longitudinal Cohort Study of Resource use and Cost of Mild Cognitive lmpairment and Mild Dementia due to Alzheimer's Disease in the United States (GERAS-US). Protocol #:118A-US-B004. Eli Lilly. June 2017 - Present.