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Autoimmunity in Neuromuscular Disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1987
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSA number of confounding factors can be identified from the search for autoimmune mechanisms over the last 2 decades that may be relevant for future studies. (1) An apparently homogeneous clinical disorder may represent more than one disease process and thereby imply antibody/antigen heterogeneity as, for example, in MG with and ...
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Neuromuscular disease and hypoventilation

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 1999
Alveolar hypoventilation associated with neuromuscular disease can occur in acute and chronic forms. In the acute form, progressive weakness of respiratory muscles leads to rapid reduction in vital capacity followed by respiratory failure with hypoxemia and hypercarbia.
E D, Sivak, J M, Shefner, J, Sexton
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Fatigue and neuromuscular diseases

Annales de Réadaptation et de Médecine Physique, 2006
To identify the role of fatigue, its evaluation and its causes in the pathophysiology context of acquired or hereditary neuromuscular diseases of the spinal anterior horn cell, peripheral nerve, neuromuscular junction and muscle.A literature review has been done on Medline with the following keywords: neuromuscular disease, peripheral neuropathy ...
L, Féasson, J-P, Camdessanché, L, El Mandhi, P, Calmels, G-Y, Millet   +4 more
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Neuromuscular Diseases in Pregnancy

Seminars in Neurology, 2007
Neuromuscular disease in pregnancy is a broad topic and includes focal neuropathies that occur with increased incidence during pregnancy and the puerperium, as well as preexisting inherited neuropathies or myopathies and chronic autoimmune diseases such as myasthenia gravis and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
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Electrodiagnosis in Neuromuscular Diseases

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 1998
This article provides a general approach to the electrodiagnostic evaluation of the patient with neuromuscular disease. The electrodiagnostic findings in patients with various forms of peripheral neuropathy, motor neuron disease, neuromuscular junction disorders, and myopathy are presented. The pediatric electrodiagnostic evaluation is also discussed.
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Sleep in Neuromuscular Diseases

Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2016
Sleep disorders in neuromuscular disorders are generally caused by respiratory dysfunction associated with these diseases. Hypoventilation in neuromuscular diseases results from both respiratory muscle weakness and reduced chemoreceptor sensitivity, which is required for ventilatory drive.
Anna Monica, Fermin, Umair, Afzal, Antonio, Culebras   +2 more
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Electrophysiology in neuromuscular disease

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 2002
Electrophysiologic assessment of the peripheral nervous system is an integral part of the diagnostic workup for neuromuscular disease. This article is designed to provide insight into the importance and limitations of the various testing procedures now available in veterinary electrophysiology and to provide the reader with an understanding of the ...
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Hyperestrogenemia in neuromuscular diseases

Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 1989
In order to elucidate the relationship between certain neuromuscular diseases and gonadal hormones, we measured the levels of serum estrogens and other sex-related hormones. The values were compared with those for age-matched controls. The cases, comprising bulbospinal muscular disease of the Kennedy-Alter-Sung type, Kugelberg-Welander disease ...
F, Usuki, O, Nakazato, M, Osame, A, Igata   +3 more
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Exercise in Neuromuscular Disease

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease, 2003
In the past, patients with neuromuscular diseases were advised not to exercise because of the fear that too much exercise might produce "overuse weakness." No controlled studies have demonstrated that the phenomenon of overuse weakness actually exists.
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Sleep and Neuromuscular Disease

Seminars in Neurology, 2009
Sleep disorders in patients with neuromuscular disease are common, but underrecognized by health care providers, and sometimes by patients themselves. Their symptoms may be confused with those of the underlying disease. Their recognition is an important part of the management of patients with neuromuscular disorders, improving quality of life, and ...
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