title: Parameters of the wave M in 398 patients with tetanic syndrome proved with positive ischemic or hyperventilation tests.
abstract: 398 patients with clinical signs of tetanic syndrome were examined. Their ischemic and/or hyperventilation tests were positive. The parameters of the wave M were analysed i.e. latency, amplitude, duration, shape and strength of stimulus. The signs of higher irritability of the peripheral nervous system were found out in women; they diminished during age. The ratio between men and women was 1:3.6. The significant differences were determined between the groups of negative and positive tests. In the group of positive tests we noticed the dependence of the wave M on the positivity of ischemic, hyperventilation tests, on amount of multiplets during the ischemic test, on the seasons of year and on the course of the period of years (1970-1974 and 1975 to 1978). The highest irritability was determined in the subgroup of hyperventilation tetany and in the subgroup with cramps provoked during ischemic tests.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Steidl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaspárek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods; D012744:Sex Ratio; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D013746:Tetany / Q000175:diagnosis*