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11277370

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
A 9-year-old girl presented with a 4-week history of right upper limb weakness. Clinical assessment and neurophysiological studies suggested an atypical brachial plexitis. She re-presented 3 1/2 years later with progressive muscle weakness involving both legs and left arm and hand. There had been no interval improvement in her right upper limb. Clinical, neurophysiological and pathological findings were consistent with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. She responded to a single course of intravenous immunoglobulin--and review more than 6 years after treatment confirms that she remains functionally normal. Focal upper limb neuropathy preceding a diffuse demyelinating process by several years has not been previously described in a child. Long-term follow-up of this patient allows us to comment on the natural history of her condition and the apparent long-term efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin in this case.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1090-3798
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
283-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Focal upper limb neuropathy in a child.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports