Diagnosis and treatment of chronic acquired demyelinating polyneuropathies

N Latov - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2014 - nature.com
Chronic neuropathies are operationally classified as primarily demyelinating or axonal, on
the basis of electrodiagnostic or pathological criteria. Demyelinating neuropathies are …

Multifocal motor neuropathy: diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment strategies

L Vlam, W van der Pol, EA Cats, DC Straver… - Nature Reviews …, 2012 - nature.com
Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is a rare inflammatory neuropathy characterized by
slowly progressive, asymmetric distal limb weakness without sensory loss. The clinical …

Peripheral nerve size in normals and patients with polyneuropathy: an ultrasound study

CM Zaidman, M Al‐Lozi… - Muscle & Nerve: Official …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound has been used for visualizing peripheral nerve pathology. Our goal was to use
ultrasound to quantitate the sizes of upper extremity nerves along their length in control …

Diagnostic value of sonography in treatment-naive chronic inflammatory neuropathies

HS Goedee, WL van der Pol, JTH van Asseldonk… - Neurology, 2017 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine the diagnostic value of high-resolution ultrasound (HRUS) for
detection of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), Lewis-Sumner …

Cross‐sectional area reference values for nerve ultrasonography

MS Cartwright, LV Passmore, JS Yoon… - Muscle & Nerve …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound allows for a non‐invasive structural assessment of nerves, muscles, and
surrounding tissues, and therefore it is increasingly being used as a supplement to …

Ultrasound of inherited vs. acquired demyelinating polyneuropathies

CM Zaidman, MB Harms, A Pestronk - Journal of neurology, 2013 - Springer
We compared features of nerve enlargement in inherited and acquired demyelinating
neuropathies using ultrasound. We measured median and ulnar nerve cross-sectional areas …

Ultrasound as a useful tool in the diagnosis and management of traumatic nerve lesions

L Padua, A Di Pasquale, G Liotta, G Granata… - Clinical …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The possibility of depicting through ultrasound (US) the nerve and its
surroundings should be very useful in traumatic nerve lesion (TNL) management. Our study …

Ultrasonography of peripheral nerves

JI Suk, FO Walker, MS Cartwright - Current neurology and neuroscience …, 2013 - Springer
Over the last decade, neuromuscular ultrasonography has emerged as a useful tool for the
diagnosis of peripheral nerve disorders. This article reviews sonographic findings of normal …

High resolution sonography in the evaluation of the peripheral nervous system in polyneuropathy–a review of the literature

HS Goedee, GJF Brekelmans… - European journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical, laboratory and electrodiagnostic studies are the mainstay in the diagnosis of
polyneuropathy. An accurate etiological diagnosis is of paramount importance to provide the …

New technologies for the assessment of neuropathies

R Gasparotti, L Padua, C Briani, G Lauria - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2017 - nature.com
Technical advances are rapidly changing the clinical and instrumental approach to
peripheral nerve diseases. Magnetic resonance neurography, diffusion tensor imaging and …