title: [Familial polyneuropathy with a disposition to pressure paralyses. A contribution to the differential diagnosis of mononeuropathies].
abstract: When a young woman admitted for recurrent peripheral nerve palsies was suspected to suffer from hereditary polyneuropathy with liability to pressure palsies, 8 members of her family were examined diagnostically. Only one of these had a history of a transient mononeuropathy. A neurophysiological examination demonstrated peripheral nerve lesions not only in the patients father but also in 5 of her brothers and sisters. In presenting the data for this family the characteristics of hereditary polyneuropathy with liability to pressure palsies and the most important differential diagnostic aspects are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000235:genetics*; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009443:Neuritis / Q000235:genetics*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000235:genetics*; D014459:Ulnar Nerve
vernacular_title: Familiäre Polyneuropathie mit Disposition zu Druckparesen. Ein Beitrag zur Differentialdiagnose der Mononeuropathien.