Clinical and pathophysiological concepts of neuralgic amyotrophy

N Van Alfen - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2011 - nature.com
Neuralgic amyotrophy—also known as Parsonage–Turner syndrome or brachial plexus
neuritis—is a distinct and painful peripheral neuropathy that causes episodes of multifocal …

Neuralgic amyotrophy. An update

P Seror - Joint Bone Spine, 2017 - Elsevier
A century after the first description of neuralgic amyotrophy (NA), its pathophysiology
remains unknown. An inflammatory (auto) immune pathophysiology is presumed, with …

Neuralgic amyotrophy: an update on diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment

JJJ Van Eijk, JT Groothuis, N Van Alfen - Muscle & nerve, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this review we provide a current overview of the clinical features, pathophysiology,
epidemiology, and diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in neuralgic amyotrophy (NA). The …

Treatment for idiopathic and hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (brachial neuritis)

N van Alfen, BGM van Engelen… - Cochrane Database of …, 2009 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Neuralgic amyotrophy (also know as Parsonage‐Turner syndrome or brachial
plexus neuritis) is a distinct peripheral nervous system disorder characterised by episodes …

The clinical spectrum of neuralgic amyotrophy in 246 cases

N Van Alfen, BGM Van Engelen - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We investigated the symptoms, course and prognosis of neuralgic amyotrophy (NA) in a
large group of patients with idiopathic neuralgic amyotrophy (INA, n= 199) and hereditary …

The neuralgic amyotrophy consultation

N van Alfen - Journal of neurology, 2007 - Springer
Neuralgic amyotrophy is a distinct clinical syndrome with acute severe pain and patchy
paresis in the shoulder and arm region. The clinical phenotype was recently found to be …

Neuralgic amyotrophy: a paradigm shift in diagnosis and treatment

C Gstoettner, JA Mayer, S Rassam, LA Hruby… - Journal of Neurology …, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
Neuralgic amyotrophy (NA), also known as Parsonage-Turner syndrome, is characterised by
sudden pain attacks, followed by patchy muscle paresis in the upper extremity. Recent …

Lesion distribution among 281 patients with sporadic neuralgic amyotrophy

MA Ferrante, AJ Wilbourn - Muscle & nerve, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The muscles commonly affected by neuralgic amyotrophy (NA) are well known,
but the location of the responsible lesions is less clear (plexus versus extraplexus). Methods …

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) with methylprednisolone pulse therapy for motor impairment of neuralgic amyotrophy: clinical observations in 10 cases

K Naito, K Fukushima, S Suzuki, M Kuwahara… - Internal …, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background Neuralgic amyotrophy (NA) is a distinct peripheral nervous system disorder
characterized by attacks of acute neuropathic pain and rapid multifocal weakness and …

Long-term pain, fatigue, and impairment in neuralgic amyotrophy

N van Alfen, SP van der Werf… - Archives of physical …, 2009 - Elsevier
van Alfen N, van der Werf SP, van Engelen BG. Long-term pain, fatigue, and impairment in
neuralgic amyotrophy. OBJECTIVES: Recently, it has become clear that neuralgic …