title: [Peripheral denervation in the various clinical forms of Chagas' disease].
abstract: EMG examination was performed in 41 patients with Chagas' disease, belonging to the several clinical forms of the disease. Constant and direct relationship between the amount of muscle skeletal denervation and the clinical forms has been shown. In addition light peripheral axonal neuropathy was seen. Both muscular and sensory denervation was intense in the group with cardio-digestive form, moderate in the groups with either cardiac or digestive form and light in the group with the indeterminate form. The severity of the clinical symptoms was not related with the amount of peripheral denervation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Neurofisiologia, Clínica da Clínica Mens Sana, Goiânia.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: DeFaria
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: De Rezende
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rassi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000503:physiopathology; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000502:physiology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
vernacular_title: Desnervação periférica nas diferentes formas clínicas da doença de Chagas.