Atlas of Neuromuscular Diseases - part 6 docx

... nerve amyloi- dosis. The biopsy shows a con- go red stained section with evi- dence of apple green birefrin- gence in amyloid deposits with- in endoneurial vessels 261 Therapy consists of pain management ... A Infil- tration of the peripheral nerve by collections of B cells, with disruption of normal sural nerve architecture. B Disruption of myelin, with myelin splaying, and par...

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... syndrome 2 36 Anti-Hu antibodies 2 76 Anti-MAG antibodies 267 Anti-striatal antibodies 338 Anti-titin antibodies 338 Antibody negative myasthenia 341 Arsenic neuropathy 320 Autonomic findings 16 Autonomic ... paralysis. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 56: 367 –375 Lehmann-Horn F, Jurkat-Rott K, Rudel R (2002) Periodic paralysis: understanding channel- opathies. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2: 61 69...

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... ryanodin receptor. In various types of myositis, antibodies like anti-Jo 1, anti-PL 7, anti-PL 12, anti-OJ, anti-EJ, anti-KS, and several others have been described. Some of them may help to predict ... part of investigations of neuromuscular diseases. Abnormal liver or renal function, endocrine function, blood glu- cose, and electrolyte abnormalities may be important clues for d...

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... Relative pupil-sparing third nerve palsy: etiology and clinical vari- ables predictive of a mass. Neurology 56: 797–798 Keane JR (1983) Aneurysms and third nerve palsies. Ann Neurol 14: 69 6 69 7 Kissel ... and oral cavity, tongue, teeth, part of external aspect of tympanic mem- brane, meninges of anterior, and middle cranial fossa. The trigeminal nuclei consist of a motor nucleu...

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... manangement of extreme lateral lumbar disc herniations: review of 138 cases. Neurosurgery 22: 64 8 65 3 Andersson GB, Brown MD, Dvorak J, et al (19 96) Consensus summary of the diagnosis and treatment of ... diabetic individuals between 36 and 76 years (median 65 years). The duration of diabetes has a median of 4.1 years (range 0– 36 years), HbA1c has a median value of 7.5...

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... of palm. Also, loss of dexterity and loss of control of the small finger. Sensory distribution of the ulnar nerve: ulnar aspect of the palm, volar surface of the fifth digit, and ulnar half of ... Transsection of the me- dian nerve and sural nerve inter- plantate in a 24 month follow up. A Orators hand prior to op- eration, B after 24 months the long flexors of the thumb a...

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... Sensory loss in a case of anterior tarsal tun- nel syndrome, atrophy of exten- sor digitorum brevis muscle. C Atrophy of the the extensor dig- itorum brevis muscle. D Oppo- site foot with a normal ... nerve of the second and third intercostal nerves to innervate the posterior part of the axilla. Often anastomizes with the medial cutaneous nerve of the upper arm (stem- ming from...

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... (12): 162 9– 165 0 Reilly MM (2000) Classification of the hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies. Curr Opin Neurol 13 (5): 561 – 564 Roa BB, Garcia CA, Lupski JR (199 1-1 992) Charcot-Marie-Tooth ... inflam- matory demyelinating poly- neuropathy. A Multiple inflam- matory cells in the endoneuri- um of the sural nerve (black ar- row). B Variation in myelin thickness in the presence...

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... due to upregulation of nitric oxide synthase. There is also upreg- ulation of anti-apoptotic molecules for example Bcl-2 on the surface of muscle fibers, implying that loss of muscle cells eventually ... rely on an understanding of muscle electrophysiology, pathology, and genetics to differentiate between an ever-increasing number of complex disorders of mus- cle. The basis of...

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... three- dimensional conformal treatment plans with intensity-modulated radiation therapy Chapter 091. Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Prostate (Part 6) Radical Prostatectomy The goal of ... outcomes of surgery for high-risk patients. The results of several large trials testing 3 or 8 months of androgen depletion before surgery showed that serum PSA levels decreased...

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