title: Large-fiber neuropathy in distal sensory neuropathy with normal routine nerve conduction.
abstract: Near-nerve needle sensory nerve conduction of plantar nerves in 100 patients with distal sensory neuropathy with normal routine nerve conduction (DSN-NNC) found the definite neuropathy pattern (abnormality in more than three of six tested nerves) in 65%, axonal neuropathy in 35%, and the known cause in 37% of patients. Absent or diminished reflexes were a reliable indicator for large fiber neuropathy (LFN). This near-nerve needle plantar nerve study provides useful and unequivocal evidence of its value in identifying neuropathy in DSN-NNC by finding LFN in 65% of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, The Veterans Affairs Medical Centre, 35294, USA. shinjoh@uab.edu
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cichy
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demerci
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Claussen
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009443:Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011434:Proprioception; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020429:Tibial Neuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*