title: [A description of electrophysiological parameters in children and teenagers with diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy].
abstract: Two hundred and ninety patients with diabetes mellitus, type 1, aged 5 to 18, disease duration--1 to 15 years, were examined at the chair for endocrinology of children and teenagers of of the Russian Medical Academy for Postgraduate Training of the Ministry for Health of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the case study was to investigate the electromyogram (EMG) parameters in such patients with respect to the disease duration, carbon metabolism compensation, age specificity and a stage of diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy (DPP). The results primarily denote a lesion in the axons; the pronounced demyelinating process in peripheral nerves of children and teenagers with DPP is highly possible. The obtained data is suggestive of the feasibility to recommend the stimulation EMG method for a comprehensive use in the diagnostics of pre-clinical DPP stages in children and teenagers, for evaluating a severity of the damage to peripheral nerves in DPP of symptom-types forms as well as for a dynamic follow-up of patients and for treatment efficiency evaluation.
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Sivous
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Strokov
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Makarova
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Drepa
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Kasatkina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology