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Early diagnosis of neuropathy in leprosy: comparing diagnostic tests in a large prospective study (the INFIR Cohort Study) [PDF]
BackgroundLeprosy is the most frequent treatable neuromuscular disease. Yet, every year, thousands of patients develop permanent peripheral nerve damage as a result of leprosy.
Wilder-Smith, Einar P +22 more
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Diagnosis of ulnar neuropathy at wrist remains challenging domain for neurophysicians as the clinical picture resembles proximal ulnar neuropathies. Inching across wrist and conduction to first dorsal interosseous remains mainstay of electrodiagnostic ...
Balaji Wasudeo Ghugare +1 more
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Ultrasonography versus Electrodiagnostic Studies in Assessment of Ulnar Neuropathy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis [PDF]
Background: Ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow (UNE) is a common complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Timely diagnosis and intervention are essential to mitigate the risk of long-term complications.
Mohamed Mansy +4 more
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Background: The prevalence of ulnar nerve mono neuropathy has increased in recent years. Upper limb involvement by ulnar neuropathy results in motor and sensory disability and this disability imposes significant physical, psychological and financial ...
Seyed Mansoor Rayegani +2 more
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At the elbow, the ulnar nerve (UN) may be the site of a static compression (by the cubital tunnel retinaculum and Osborne's ligament between the two heads of the flexor carpi ulnaris), or a dynamic compression, especially when the nerve is unstable (subluxation/dislocation outside the ulnar groove).
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Objectives: Injury to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL)—leading to medial elbow instability and concomitant ulnar neuropathy symptoms—is common in the overhead throwing athlete secondary to the repetitive stress that these individuals place on the ...
Somnath Rao MD +6 more
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Background: Secretory defects or defects in action of insulin precipitate a condition of chronic hyperglycemia known as diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disorder progressive in nature with long asymptomatic stage.
Ruchi Shrivastava +4 more
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Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow is the second most common compressive neuropathy. Less common, although similarly disabling, are ulnar neuropathies above the elbow, at the forearm, and the wrist, which can present with different combinations of intrinsic hand muscle weakness and sensory loss.
Lleva JMC, Munakomi S, Sun CE, Chang KV.
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Late-onset implant-related neuropathy: Three years after proximal humeral fracture
There are currently no reports of implant-related neuropathy associated with humeral proximal fracture surgery. Herein, we report a case of implant-related late-onset neuropathy that developed 3 years after proximal humeral fracture surgery.A 51-year-old
Yasuaki Yamakawa +4 more
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper was to identify prognostic factors for severity of symptoms and disability among patients with ulnar neuropathy confirmed by nerve conduction studies (NCS) or ulnar neuropathy-like symptoms with normal ulnar nerve NCS ...
Susanne Wulff Svendsen +3 more
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