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abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) generally presents sporadically. Epidemics of GBS are unusual. We reviewed the medical records of 26 patients hospitalized for GBS during the 2007 GBS epidemic in northeast China. The objective was to determine whether there were clinical and electrophysiological characteristics. All pati...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ye Y,Zhu D,Wang K,Wu J,Feng J,Ma D,Xing Y,Jiang X

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that sensory loss may occur in a proportion of patients affected by poliomyelitis. We hypothesize that sensory problems may be a lasting sequela in some polio survivors. Sensory pathways in polio survivors were evaluated clinically and electrophysiologically using sensory evoked potentials (SEPs). Pa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Prokhorenko OA,Vasconcelos OM,Lupu VD,Campbell WW,Jabbari B

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletions of muscle mitochondrial DNA are known in mitochondrial myopathy patients who have chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO). A 41-year-old patient with no apparent family history of this condition suffers from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, slight muscle atrophy, and weakness of the extremities, but ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Takei Y,Ikeda S,Yanagisawa N,Takahashi W,Sekiguchi M,Hayashi T

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The best treatment strategy for mild ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) is not known, due to lack of trials comparing surgery vs conservative treatment. METHODS:We recruited patients with clinical symptoms and signs of mild UNE and an electrophysiologically or sonographically confirmed diagnosis. Patient...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pompe SM,Schreuder T,Teunissen LL,Visser LH,Beekman R

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with transthyretin amyloidosis who presented with multifocal mononeuropathies with features of demyelination on nerve conduction studies, a constellation of findings not previously described in amyloid polyneuropathy. Genetic testing revealed a valine122isoleucine mutation in the coding region of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Briemberg HR,Amato AA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voluntary and stimulation single-fiber electromyography were performed in the extensor digitorum communis muscle of 15 myasthenic patients. The increase in mean and individual mean consecutive difference as well as the proportion of blocking in the volitional activation were greater than in the stimulation method. The...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Murga L,Sánchez F,Menéndez C,Castilla JM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to define normal ranges of histological features in pediatric muscle in comparison with muscle demonstrating inflammatory changes. Sixteen pediatric muscle biopsy samples, considered normal by standard histology, were analyzed for the presence of inflammatory cells, and the expression of neon...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Varsani H,Newton KR,Li CK,Harding B,Holton JL,Wedderburn LR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better define electrophysiological abnormalities in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with muscle-specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK) antibodies (Ab), we compared electrophysiological features of 14 MuSK Ab-positive, 73 acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR Ab)-positive, and 22 MuSK and AChR Ab-negative (seronegative) pa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Oh SJ,Hatanaka Y,Hemmi S,Young AM,Scheufele ML,Nations SP,Lu L,Claussen GC,Wolfe GI

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The F-wave was used to estimate the fastest motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) along the proximal segment (spinal cord to knee) of the axons of the tibial nerve in 65 control subjects, 8 patients with diabetic polyneuropathy, and 4 patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Terminal latencies and MNCV along the di...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Panayiotopoulos CP,Scarpalezos S,Nastas PE

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body components were measured noninvasively in patients with neuromuscular disease by using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), capable of separately analyzing fat, bone, and muscle content. In all patients with muscle atrophy of myogenic or neurogenic origin, muscle mass was markedly reduced. Although all three c...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kanda F,Fujii Y,Takahashi K,Fujita T

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle of donor origin was formed after implantation of H-2Kb-tsA58 muscle precursor cells (mpc) into irradiated mdx nu/nu mouse muscles. A series of injections of the myotoxin, notexin, which destroys mature muscle fibers but spares muscle precursor cells and other tissues, was made into the mpc-injected muscles, lea...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gross JG,Morgan JE

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a novel missense mutation in the myophosphorylase gene in a Spanish patient with McArdle's disease. The patient was homozygous for a T-to-C transition at codon 115 (L115P) in exon 3, which changed an encoded leucine (CUG) to a proline (CCG). This is the first mutation to be described in exon 3 and i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gamez J,Fernandez R,Bruno C,Andreu AL,Cervera C,Navarro C,Schwartz S,Dimauro S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) arises from tibial nerve damage under the flexor retinaculum of the fibro-osseus tunnel at the medial malleolus. It is notoriously difficult to diagnose, as many other foot pathologies result in a similar clinical picture. We examined the additional value of nerve ultrasound in...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Samarawickrama D,Therimadasamy AK,Chan YC,Vijayan J,Wilder-Smith EP

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this investigation was to define the boundaries of compound motor action potential (CMAP) dispersion, amplitude decay, and area decay in a control population and determine their dependence on external variables such as age and interelectrode distance. Measurements were made from median, ulnar, and common pe...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Taylor PK

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to determine the patterns of responses for the electromyographic (EMG) amplitude vs. oxygen uptake ( V̇O2 ) relationships from muscles of the quadriceps femoris and hamstrings during incremental treadmill running. METHODS:Twelve men volunteered to perform an incremental test to e...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Camic CL,Kovacs AJ,Enquist EA,McLain TA,Hill EC

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In preparation for clinical trials we examine the validity, reliability, and patient understanding of the Myotonic Dystrophy Health Index (MDHI). METHODS:Initially we partnered with 278 myotonic dystrophy type-1 (DM1) patients and identified the most relevant questions for the MDHI. Next, we used factor a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Heatwole C,Bode R,Johnson N,Dekdebrun J,Dilek N,Heatwole M,Hilbert JE,Luebbe E,Martens W,Mcdermott MP,Rothrock N,Thornton C,Vickrey BG,Victorson D,Moxley R 3rd

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New developments in the rapid diagnosis and treatment of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have led to growing enthusiasm for instituting DMD newborn screening (NBS) in the United States. Our group has been interested in developing clinical guidance to be implemented consistently in specialty care clinics ch...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kwon JM,Abdel-Hamid HZ,Al-Zaidy SA,Mendell JR,Kennedy A,Kinnett K,Cwik VA,Street N,Bolen J,Day JW,Connolly AM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with an idiopathic increase in serum creatine kinase (CK) levels (hyper-CK-emia) have a benign prognosis, but symptoms may be disabling in daily life. Previous studies have suggested that physical exercise increases the severity of complaints in these patients. We studied whether maximal and submaximal bouts ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Reijneveld JC,Te Boekhorst BC,Zonderland ML,Kalmijn S,Notermans NC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite structural distinction between the transverse and oblique heads of the adductor pollicis, in vivo testing continues to consider the adductor pollicis as functionally simplistic. As a muscle's architecture is a strong indicator of function, in this study we aimed to determine whether the physiologic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Stamenkovic A,Munro BJ,Peoples GE

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Two previously reported Norwegian patients with painful muscle cramps and giant myotonic discharges were genotyped and compared with those of members of 21 families harboring the same mutation. METHODS:Using primers specific for SCN4A and CLCN1, the DNA of the Norwegian family members was amplified and bi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Torbergsen T,Jurkat-Rott K,Stålberg EV,Løseth S,Hødneø A,Lehmann-Horn F

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we evaluated the characteristics of the tibialis anterior muscle after sciatic nerve crush and treatment with low-level laser therapy (LLLT) or the protein from natural latex (P1). METHODS:We studied the following 6 groups of male Wistar rats: control (CG); exposed nerve (EG); injured nerve ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Muniz KL,Dias FJ,Coutinho-Netto J,Calzzani RA,Iyomasa MM,Sousa LG,Santos TT,Teles Vde O,Watanabe IS,Fazan VP,Issa JP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians have an ethical and legal duty to obtain patients' informed consent before ordering testing and treatment. Informed consent encompasses informed refusal, the correlative right of patients to refuse tests and therapies they do not want. A patient's informed consent requires adequate information, capacity to ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bernat JL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their central role in muscle development and maintenance, MEF2 family members represent excellent candidate effectors of the muscle pathology in myotonic dystrophy (DM). We investigated the expression and alternative splicing of all four MEF2 genes in muscle from neuromuscular disorder (NMD) patients, inclu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bachinski LL,Sirito M,Böhme M,Baggerly KA,Udd B,Krahe R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nerve enlargement (NE) is described in inflammatory and inherited neuropathies. It is commonly multifocal and moderate in the former and homogeneous and generalized in the latter. We describe 4 cases of massive NE in inflammatory neuropathies. METHODS:Patients presented with symptoms of polyneuropathy tha...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Grimm A,Schubert V,Axer H,Ziemann U

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise intolerance and undue fatigue are common complaints in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. Reduced physical ability is due directly to the disease, but it is also due to physical deconditioning. The aim of this study was to test whether 24 weeks of interval-training exercise (ITE) cycling can sig...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： El Mhandi L,Millet GY,Calmels P,Richard A,Oullion R,Gautheron V,Féasson L

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The double-step technique of repetitive nerve stimulation was compared with repetitive nerve stimulation to a distal and a proximal muscle and with single fiber needle electromyography in 10 patients with myasthenia gravis. We conclude that the double-step technique is slightly more sensitive than repetitive nerve sti...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gilchrist JM,Sanders DB

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant presented with congenital weakness, hypotonia, arthrogryposis, atrial tachycardia, and a left intra-abdominal neuroblastoma. Muscle biopsy revealed marked excess of muscle spindles with atrophy of extrafusal fibers. The patient expired at age 14 months from progressive cardiorespiratory failure. Postmortem e...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Selcen D,Kupsky WJ,Benjamins D,Nigro MA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this pilot study we use T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify possible peripheral nerve inflammation in 4 patients with diffuse chronic pain. In all 4 patients, there was an increase in median and ulnar nerve T2 signal intensity at the wrist (P < 0.05 vs. controls). Positive clinical signs of per...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dilley A,Greening J,Walker-Bone K,Good C

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small-scale procedure for preparing tightly coupled intact skeletal muscle mitochondria from myodystrophic (myd/myd) mice is described. Mitochondrial preparations derived from heart, liver, and skeletal muscle of myd/myd and their littermate (+/?) controls are characterized with respect to their cytochrome content a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lee CP,Martens ME,Jankulovska L,Neymark MA

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Few data exist on the feasibility and reliability of measuring muscular atrophy in 2 dimensions (2D) by ultrasonography (US) and elasticity with shear wave elastography (SWE) in spastic muscles. METHODS:Fourteen patients with chronic stroke took part in 2 intersession reliability experiments performed wit...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mathevon L,Michel F,Aubry S,Testa R,Lapole T,Arnaudeau LF,Fernandez B,Parratte B,Calmels P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00