In Memoriam: William Erl DeMyer (1924-2008)

DeMyer W. Methods and advantages of random sampling in the census of nerve fibers and other histological elements. Anat Rec. 1956;125:443-456.

DeMyer W. Number of axons and myelin sheaths in adult human medullary pyramids. Neurology. 1959;9:42-47.

Russell J. , DeMyer W. The quantitative cortical origin of pyramidal axons in macaca rhesus. Neurology. 1961;11:96-108.

DeMyer W. , Zeman W. Alobar holoprosencephaly (arhinencephaly) with median cleft lip and palate. Clinical nosologic and electroencephalographic considerations. Confin Neurol. 1963;23:1-36.

Zeman W. , DeMyer W. , Falls H. Pelizeaus-Merzbacher disease: a study in nosology. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 1964;23:334-354.

White P. , DeMyer W. , DeMyer M. Electroencephalographic abnormalities in autistic children under promazine sedation. Am J Psychiatry. 1964;120:950-958.

DeMyer W. , Zeman W. , Palmer C. The face predicts the brain: diagnostic significance of median facial anomalies in holoprosencephaly (arhinencephaly). Pediatrics. 1964;34:256-263.

Ross A. , DeMyer W. Isolated syndrome of the medial longitudinal fasciculus in man. Anatomical confirmation. Arch Neurol. 1966;15:203-205.

Kurlander G, DeMyer W, Campbell J, Taybi H. Roentgenology of holoprosencephaly (arhinencephaly). Acta Radiol. 1966;5:25-40. 10. DeMyer W. The median cleft face syndrome. Differential diagnosis of cranium bifidum occultum, hypertelorism, and median cleft nose, lip, and palate. Neurology. 1967;17:961-971.

Kurlander J. , DeMyer W. , Campbell J. Roentgenology of the median cleft face syndrome. Radiology . 1967;88:473-479.

DeMyer W. , Baird I. Mortality and skeletal malformations from amniocentesis and oligohydramnios in the rat. Teratology. 1969;2:33-38.

DeMyer W. Megalencephaly in children: clinical syndromes, genetic patterns and differential diagnosis from hydrocephalus. Neurology. 1972;22:634-643.

Roach E. , DeMyer W. , Palmer K. , et al. Holoprosencephaly: birth data, genetic and demographic analysis of 30 families. Birth Defects Orig Art Ser. 1975;10:299-313.

DeMyer W. Median facial malformations and their implication for brain malformation. Birth Defects Orig Art Ser. 1975;11:155-181.

DeMyer W. , DeMyer M. Psychiatry/Neurology: PreTest Self-Assessment and Review. New York, NY: Mc-Graw-Hill Book Co; 1982.

DeMyer W. Megalencephaly: types, clinical syndromes, and management. Pediatr Neurol. 1986;2:321-328.

DeMyer W. Neuroanatomy. 2nd ed. The National Medical Series for Independent Study. Media, PA : Williams & Wilkins; 1998.

DeMyer W. Technique of the Neurologic Examination. A Programmed Text. 5th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Inc; 2004.

DeMyer W. Taking the Clinical History: Eliciting Symptoms, Knowing the Patient, Ethical Foundations. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2009. In press.