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Dropped head as presenting sign of acute motor and sensory neuropathy with reversible conduction failure.
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Article
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Subject
*CARPAL tunnel syndrome
*MOTOR neuron diseases
*CHRONIC inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
*DROPPED head syndrome
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1590-1874
Abstract
Illustrated are CMAPs recorded from abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscle after right ulnar nerve stimulation at the wrist, below-elbow, and above-elbow (A) and from extensor digitorum brevis (EDB) muscle after left peroneal nerve stimulation at the ankle and below-fibula (B); F waves recorded from ADM muscle after right ulnar nerve stimulation at the wrist (C) and SNAP recorded from the ankle after left sural nerve stimulation at the calf (D). Nerve conduction studies from selected nerves at days 2, 7, and 21 after the onset of neurological symptoms. [Extracted from the article]