Tabes dorsalis: electrodiagnostic features.
Electrodiagnostic data have not been previously reported in tabes dorsalis. A patient with tabes dorsalis is described whose nerve conduction studies and median nerve somatosensory evoked responses (SEPs) were normal. H-reflexes were absent. SEPs of the tibial nerve suggested posterior column dysfunction. These electrodiagnostic findings correlate precisely with the known pathology of tabes dorsalis.
Donofrio
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Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.
Walker
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D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000503:physiopathology; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D013606:Tabes Dorsalis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology