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Novel homozygous missense mutation in GAN associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 in a large consanguineous family from Israel. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: CMT-2 is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of peripheral axonal neuropathies characterized by slowly progressive weakness and atrophy of distal limb muscles resulting from length-dependent motor and sensory neurodegeneration ...
A Boizot, AK Asbury, Andrew H. Crosby, Aviva Mimouni-Bloch, Barry A. Chioza, BL Johnson-Kerner, BO Berg, E Allen, E Sobel, F Hentati, G Kuhlenbaumer, Gaurav V. Harlalka, IA Adzhubei, JJ Kang, Katy E. S. Barwick, LA Roth, M Abu-Rashid, M Furukawa, M Tazir, Meriel M. McEntagart, Michael Weedon, O Koop, P Bomont, P Bomont, R Zemmouri, Rachel Straussberg, S Mahammad, Sharon Aharoni, VC Cullen, Y Choi, Yoram Nevo   +30 more
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Two Cases of Elderly-Onset Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy Manifesting Bilateral Peroneal Nerve Palsies

Case Reports in Neurology, 2012
Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) is characterized by recurrent focal neuropathies, which usually become symptomatic in the second or third decade of life.
Norihiko Kawaguchi, Naoki Suzuki, Maki Tateyama, Yoshiki Takai, Tatsuro Misu, Ichiro Nakashima, Yasuto Itoyama, Masashi Aoki   +7 more
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Intraneural Synovial Cyst of the Common Peroneal Nerve: An Unusual Cause of Foot Drop with Four-Year Follow-Up

Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2019
In our case report, we describe a 55-year-old male patient with isolated foot drop due to an intraneural synovial ganglion. We successfully treated the lesion with decompression via epineurotomy combined with primary division of the recurrent articular ...
Abrar Adil, Clint Basener, Jake Checketts   +2 more
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Specific exercise is medicine – Preventing and treating a peripheral neuropathy

Current Issues in Sport Science, 2023
Introduction Neuropathies are a prevalent, heterogeneous group of diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Symptoms are often debilitating, difficult to treat, and usually become chronic.
Fiona Streckmann, Maryam Balke, Guido Cavaletti, Alexandra Toscanelli, Wilhelm Bloch, Bernhard F. Décard, Helmar C. Lehmann, Oliver Faude   +7 more
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Common peroneal nerve palsy following total hip arthroplasty: prognostic factors for recovery. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Common peroneal nerve palsy, although rare, is a serious complication of total hip arthroplasty. Although several publications have dealt with the risk factors for peroneal nerve palsy, there is little literature regarding the time it takes ...
Hozack, Bryan, Kim, Peter, Mandel, Steven, Norton, Robert, Park, Jai Hyung, Parvizi, Javad, Restrepo, Camilo   +6 more
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Autonomic and sensory nerve dysfunction in primary biliary cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2004
AIM: Cardiovascular autonomic and peripheral sensory neuropathy is a known complication of chronic alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver diseases. We aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors for peripheral sensory nerve and autonomic dysfunction using
Csák, Tímea, Folhoffer, Anikó, Horváth, Andrea, Istenes, Ildikó, Kempler, Péter, Keresztes, Katalin, Lakatos, Péter László, Szalay, Ferenc, Varga, Péter   +8 more
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Neurophysiological profile of peripheral neuropathy associated with childhood mitochondrial disease [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Peripheral nerve involvement is common in mitochondrial disease but often unrecognised due to the prominent central nervous system features.
Bhattacharya, K, Christodoulou, J, Clark, D, Ellaway, C, Farrar, M, Menezes, MP, Ouvrier, R, Pitt, M, Rahman, S, Ryan, MM, Sampaio, H, Thorburn, DR, Ware, TL, Wedatilake, Y   +13 more
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Preventable iatrogenic cause of foot-drop in knee injuries with literature review

Chinese Journal of Traumatology, 2022
Purpose: Common peroneal nerve palsy is quite disabling and every effort should be made to prevent its injury during the treatment. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the prospectively collected data of 7 cases of tibial plateau fractures in ...
Anant Krishna, Sumit Arora, Rakesh Goyal, Manish Kumar, Nirup Naik, Manoj Kumar   +5 more
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The Case of a 37‐Year‐Old Woman Presenting With Subacute Weakness and Paresthesias

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare metabolic disorder that may present with subacute neuropathy and systemic symptoms, often leading to diagnostic delay. We report a 37‐year‐old woman with eight weeks of progressive bilateral upper extremity weakness and paresthesias, followed by lower extremity involvement and falls, in the setting ...
Peter Pacut, Joy Cannon, Neel Dixit, Qihua Fan   +3 more
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Neuropathic Pain and Enlarged Nerves in Adult Noonan Syndrome and Noonan Syndrome With Multiple Lentigines: Health‐Related Quality of Life and Neurologic Symptoms

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Noonan syndrome (NS) and the clinically related Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines (NSML) belong to the group of RASopathies. Although pain is not mentioned as a characteristic feature, it has recently been reported as a clinically significant problem.
Jos M. T. Draaisma, Wesley Reintjes, Erika Leenders, Fieke Draaisma, Melanie Burgers, Lotte Kleimeier, Marco Tartaglia, Merel Klaassens, Ruud Becks, Steven Renes, Ellen Wingbermühle, Nicol C. Voermans, Nens van Alfen   +12 more
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