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Frequency of median mononeuropathy in patients with mild diabetic neuropathy in the early diabetes intervention trial (EDIT)
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996-02)
We used electrophysiologic criteria to identify median mononeuropathy (MM) of the nondominant wrist among 414 patients enrolled in a multicenter study of patients with mild diabetic neuropathy, according to consensus ...
X-linked bulbospinomuscular atrophy (Kennedy's disease) masquerading as lead neuropathy
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1994-04)
A 43-year-old male was referred by a veterinarian who evaluated his dog for a seizure and suspected a toxic lead exposure for both. He refurbished houses, removing old paint, and complained of decreased cognition, fatigue, ...
Reliability of nerve conduction studies among active workers
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999-10)
Nerve conduction studies play an important role in clinical practice and research. Given their widespread use, reliability of tests merits careful attention. We assessed interexaminer and intraexaminer reliability of median ...
The relationship between body mass index and the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1994-06)
Increased weignt and, more recently, body mass index (BMI), have been suggested as risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). In an effort to determine the relative risk (RR) of obesity in the development of CTS, 949 ...
Median and ulnar nerve conduction studies among workers: Normative values
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998-08)
To determine normative values for nerve conduction studies among workers, we selected a subset of 326 workers from 955 subjects who participated in medical surveys in the workplace. The reference cohort was composed ...
Spectrum of patients with EMG features of polyradiculopathy without neuropathy
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1990-01)
We reviewed the medical records of 233 patients having electrodiagnostic evidence of polyradiculopathy. Patients with polyneuropathy or incomplete diagnostic evaluation were excluded. A clinical diagnosis was secured in ...
Letters to the editor
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1996-11)
No Abstract.
Case-of-the-month: Perineuritis presenting as mononeuritis multiplex
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1992-05)
Perineuritis unassociated with other significant pathological changes is a rare finding. A patient is described with mild, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus who presented with the clinical picture of mononeuritis ...
Nicotine may relieve symptoms of Parkinson's disease
(Springer-Verlag, 1994-09)
Two elderly patients with Parkinson's disease were treated with nicotine gum and patch. Reliable changes in symptomatology were noted, using a single-subject, placebo-control reversal design. Improvement was associated ...
Autoradiographic quantification of muscarinic cholinergic synaptic markers in bat, shrew, and rat brain
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1994-05)
We employed radioligand binding autoradiography to determine the distributions of pre- and postsynaptic cholinergic radioligand binding sites in the brains of two species of bat, one species of shrew, and the rat. High ...