Peripheral motor nerve conduction studies in patients with chronic Chagas' disease
A comprenhensive investigation of nerve motor conduction velocity was carried out in the ulnar nerve of 70 patients in the chronic stage of Chagas disease. It was found that 2.6% of them, had slowness of the large motor axons at distal segments and 14% at proximal segments. Twenty seven percent of t...
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1991-12-01
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| author | R. E. P. Sica O.M. Genovese Marcela Garcia Erro |
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| description | A comprenhensive investigation of nerve motor conduction velocity was carried out in the ulnar nerve of 70 patients in the chronic stage of Chagas disease. It was found that 2.6% of them, had slowness of the large motor axons at distal segments and 14% at proximal segments. Twenty seven percent of them had also slowness of conduction at the smallest motor fibers. These observations signal that some patients in the chronic stage of the infection may develop a motor neuropathy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-80c9a179bf764fe387fa75d12d4db1522022-12-22T01:13:18ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271991-12-0149440540810.1590/S0004-282X1991000400006S0004-282X1991000400006Peripheral motor nerve conduction studies in patients with chronic Chagas' diseaseR. E. P. Sica0O.M. Genovese1Marcela Garcia Erro2Hospital General de Agudos J. M. Ramos MejíaHospital General de Agudos J. M. Ramos MejíaHospital General de Agudos J. M. Ramos MejíaA comprenhensive investigation of nerve motor conduction velocity was carried out in the ulnar nerve of 70 patients in the chronic stage of Chagas disease. It was found that 2.6% of them, had slowness of the large motor axons at distal segments and 14% at proximal segments. Twenty seven percent of them had also slowness of conduction at the smallest motor fibers. These observations signal that some patients in the chronic stage of the infection may develop a motor neuropathy.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1991000400006&lng=en&tlng=en |
| spellingShingle | R. E. P. Sica O.M. Genovese Marcela Garcia Erro Peripheral motor nerve conduction studies in patients with chronic Chagas' disease Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
| title | Peripheral motor nerve conduction studies in patients with chronic Chagas' disease |
| title_full | Peripheral motor nerve conduction studies in patients with chronic Chagas' disease |
| title_fullStr | Peripheral motor nerve conduction studies in patients with chronic Chagas' disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Peripheral motor nerve conduction studies in patients with chronic Chagas' disease |
| title_short | Peripheral motor nerve conduction studies in patients with chronic Chagas' disease |
| title_sort | peripheral motor nerve conduction studies in patients with chronic chagas disease |
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