Acute sensory neuronopathy: report of a child with remarkable clinical recovery.
A 9-year-old boy presented with acute sensory neuronopathy, a condition generally associated with poor recovery. Although sensory nerve action potentials were abolished and sural nerve biopsy showed marked loss of myelinated fibers, he eventually made an almost complete clinical recovery.
Fernández
J M
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Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital Valle Hebrón, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Dávalos
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Ferrer
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Cervera
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Codina
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Ochoa
J L
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D000200:Action Potentials; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000473:pathology; D009420:Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000473:pathology