Peripheral neuropathies of infancy.
Dev Med Child Neurol
; 45(6): 408-14, 2003 Jun.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12785442
ABSTRACT
Over a 33-year period, 260 patients (< 17 years of age; 119 males, 141 females) from New South Wales, Australia who had peripheral neuropathies confirmed by nerve biopsy, were studied. Of these, 50 infants presented with symptoms or signs of neuropathy under 1 year of age including 24 patients with demyelinating neuropathies and 21 axonal neuropathies; a further five patients had spinal muscular atrophy with associated secondary sensory axonopathy. Nineteen infants had hereditary motor sensory neuropathy, of whom 13 had myelin protein mutations confirmed by molecular genetic studies. Peripheral neuropathy is not an unusual diagnosis in infancy. Awareness of this association will aid early diagnosis and prognosis as well as facilitate interventional patient management.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dev Med Child Neurol
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália