Jamaican neuropathy: an electrophysiological study
Muscle Nerve
; 11(4): 380-5, Apr. 1988.
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ABSTRACT
Jamaican neuropathy (JN) is a common disorder in Jamaica and has characteristics similar to neurological diseases found in other tropical areas. JN is a clinical syndrome and occurs in two forms spastic and ataxic. This is the first known electrophysiological study of this disease. In the spastic group of JN, peripheral electrophysiological findings were mostly normal, suggesting a central cause for their symptoms. The only patient with the ataxic form of JN had a chronic axonal peripheral neuropathy. (AU)
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Paraparesia Espástica Tropical
/
Doenças do Sistema Nervoso
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Muscle Nerve
Ano de publicação:
1988
Tipo de documento:
Article