[Correlation of electrophysiologic findings in neural muscular atrophy].
In a collective of 22 patients (18 adults, 4 children) with the clinical diagnosis of peroneal muscular atrophy the correlation of various neurophysiological parameters was examined. These included electromyography, motor and sensory nerve conduction velocity, visual (VEP), acoustic (AEP) and somatosensory (SEP) evoked potentials and conventional EEG. In all cases we found a high correlation between the findings of nerve conduction velocities and somatosensory evoked responses. Acoustic evoked potentials were examined in 18 cases and showed 10 pathological findings; visual evoked responses were also examined in 18 cases and produced 5 pathological findings. If nerve conduction velocity measurements are possible, SEP examinations are superfluous as they do not provide additional information. On the other hand, VEP and AEP testing is warrented in all cases to document the impairment of central nervous pathways.
D000328:Adult; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009431:Neural Conduction; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology
Korrelation elektrophysiologischer Befunde bei neuralen Muskelatrophien.