title: [Immediate effects of cerebral gangliosides in peripheral neuropathies: electromyographic evaluation].
abstract: The effects of the cerebral cortex gangliosides have been studied in fifteen patients with peripheral neuropathies through the results of electromyographic examination. The patients were divided into two groups: A--peripheral neuropathy of alcoholic etiology (seven patients); D--peripheral neuropathy of diabetes etiology (eight patients). The medication has been administered 20 mg/day intramuscularly during twenty days. At the end of that period it was verified: 1) a discrete increase of the motor conduction velocity in the patients of the group A; 2) the sensitive conduction velocity was inaltered in both groups; 3) a favourable therapeutic response (global evaluation) in three patients of group A, and in three of group D; they represent 40% of the total number of patients studied. For the control of therapeutical effects of the medication the authors suggest a more prolonged period of administration of the medication in hospitalized patients submitted to periodic electromyographic examinations.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D005732:Gangliosides
vernacular_title: Efeitos imediatos dos gangliosídeos cerebrais em neuropatias periféricas: avaliação eletromiográfica.