A Man with Painful Feet and Hand Ulcers
Fig. 27.1 The patient’s hands showing wasting of small muscles, contraction of finger flexors and a purplish discolouration There was marked distal weakness in the upper and lower limbs bilaterally….
Fig. 27.1 The patient’s hands showing wasting of small muscles, contraction of finger flexors and a purplish discolouration There was marked distal weakness in the upper and lower limbs bilaterally….
Amplitude (μV) Onset latency (ms) Conduction velocity (m/s) Right sural NR NR Right superficial peroneal NR NR Left sural NR NR Left superficial peroneal NR NR Right median 6…
© Springer-Verlag London Ltd. 2017Hadi Manji, Chris Turner and Matthew R. B. Evans (eds.)Neuromuscular Disease 10.1007/978-1-4471-2389-7_25 25. Weakness in an Indian Man Robin Howard1 (1) MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen…
© Springer-Verlag London Ltd. 2017Hadi Manji, Chris Turner and Matthew R. B. Evans (eds.)Neuromuscular Disease 10.1007/978-1-4471-2389-7_22 22. A Patient with an Acute Syndrome, Recovers and Represents Years Later Robin Howard1 (1) MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National…
Diagnosis Defect in NMJ Gene Clinical features Treatment Pre-synaptic defect Choline acetyl transferase (Chat) deficiency Failure of ACh re-synthesis or packaging CHAT Recurrent apnoeic spells Impaired pupillary responses Refractory to…
Fig. 21.1 Repeat-primed PCR analysis of hexanucleotide repeat in C9ORF72, in normal and expanded individuals (see Majounie et al. 2012 for details). (a) A normal individual with less than 10…
© Springer-Verlag London Ltd. 2017Hadi Manji, Chris Turner and Matthew R. B. Evans (eds.)Neuromuscular Disease 10.1007/978-1-4471-2389-7_19 19. Preserve Your Health, Not Your Vegetables Sanjeev Rajakulendran1 and Dimitri M. Kullmann2 (1) Department of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery,…
(1) Department of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK (2) MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK…
© Springer-Verlag London Ltd. 2017Hadi Manji, Chris Turner and Matthew R. B. Evans (eds.)Neuromuscular Disease 10.1007/978-1-4471-2389-7_18 18. A Lady with Head Drop Sanjeev Rajakulendran1 and Dimitri M. Kullmann2 (1) Department of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen…
Fig. 13.1 Patient’s lower limbs showing severe distal wasting involving both the anterior and posterior aspects of the legs Investigations Laboratory tests including serum lead and white cell enzymes were…