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11870714

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Some patients with Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) have a severe tetraparesis such as that observed in Guillain--Barré syndrome (GBS). To determine whether pathophysiologic differences exist between the tetraparesis in MFS and that in GBS, we compared clinical and motor conduction findings in 4 MFS patients who developed severe tetraparesis with those in 5 MFS patients without tetraparesis, and 14 GBS patients. MFS patients with or without tetraplegia had normal motor conduction velocities, distal motor latencies, compound muscle action potential (CMAP) amplitudes, and F-wave latencies. CMAP amplitude tended to be lower in tetraparetic MFS patients than in MFS patients without tetraparesis, but not significantly. F-wave occurrence was slightly reduced in 1 MFS patient with tetraparesis and 1 MFS patient without tetraparesis. Motor conduction parameters were abnormal in 13 of 14 patients with GBS, and showed demyelinating features in 10. Our results suggest that the pathophysiology of tetraparesis in MFS differs from that in GBS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0148-639X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
378-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Motor conduction studies in Miller Fisher syndrome with severe tetraparesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan. ka2no@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article