Painful brachial plexopathies in SEPT9 mutations: adverse outcome related to comorbid states [0.03%]
SEPT9基因突变所致臂丛神经痛性病变与合并状态相关的不良预后
Romy Hoque,Robert N Schwendimann,Roger E Kelley et al.
Romy Hoque et al.
Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (HNA), an autosomal dominant disorder associated with SEPT9 mutation located on chromosome 17q25, causes recurrent painful weakness with sensory disturbances in a brachial distribution. We present electrophys...
Angela Lu,Gabrielle A Yeaney,David Lacomis
Angela Lu
A comparison of the effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulin and plasma exchange as preoperative therapy of myasthenia gravis [0.03%]
静脉注射免疫球蛋白和血浆交换作为重症肌无力术前治疗效果的比较研究
Paul Jensen,Vera Bril
Paul Jensen
Objectives: Immunomodulation with plasma exchange is effective in preparing patients for thymectomy. Newer forms of immunomodulation, such as intravenous immunomodulation, require evaluation in this clinical setting. ...
Isolated head drop triggered by neck surgery following concomitant chemoradiotherapy [0.03%]
同步放化疗后颈清扫手术诱发的孤立性头部脱落
Jin Jun Luo
Jin Jun Luo
Dropped head syndrome (DHS) is characterized by severe weakness of neck extension that occurs in isolation or association with a generalized neuromuscular disorder. Multietiologies may be responsible for DHS, including radiotherapy, which m...
Norio Ohkoshi,Sayoko Matsuno-Yoshida,Masahiko Watanabe et al.
Norio Ohkoshi et al.
We describe the case of a 24-year-old Japanese man suffering from obesity, mental retardation, muscle weakness, camptodactyly, syndactyly, and a urinary tract cleft. His muscle weakness, which was slightly distally dominant in the extremiti...
Steroid-responsive myopathy: immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy or polymyositis without inflammation? [0.03%]
类固醇反应性肌病：自身免疫性坏死性肌炎还是无炎症多发性肌炎？
Menachem Sadeh,Ron Dabby
Menachem Sadeh
Objective: To describe the clinical course and steroid responsiveness of a patient with subacute proximal symmetric weakness, very high serum creatine kinase activity, and myopathic pattern with fibrillations in the elect...
Limb girdle muscular dystrophy: an interval study of weakness and functional impairment [0.03%]
limb girdle 型肌营养不良的间期研究报告
Joerg-Patrick Stübgen
Joerg-Patrick Stübgen
Objective: Prospective studies of the natural history of a myopathy are effective means of measuring the status and progression of disease. This 10-year interval study of progressive weakness and functional decline was ai...
Mark B Bromberg
Mark B Bromberg
The issue of quality of life is important for the patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and his or her family. Although initial thoughts frequently are that quality of life will be poor, there are strong data to support a relativ...
Traci B DePalma,James M Gilchrist
Traci B DePalma
Osteoarthritis is a common condition that affects a significant percentage of people in the United States. The case and discussion will serve to introduce to the neurologist the issue of hip osteoarthritis causing thigh atrophy and weakness...
Asif Amirali,Liancai Mu,Jean-Michel Gracies et al.
Asif Amirali et al.
Objectives: : Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) reduces disabling muscle contraction in numerous disorders with muscle overactivity. While motor endplates are the primary site of action for BoNT, their location is unknown in mo...