title: Serial monitoring of basal metabolic rate for therapeutic evaluation in an Isaacs' syndrome patient with chronic fluctuating symptoms.
abstract: A 52-year-old man presented with hyperhydrosis, painful pseudomyotonia and gait disturbance. The condition was diagnosed as Isaacs' syndrome on the basis of characteristic findings noted on an electromyogram. Carbamazepine treatment was only partially and transiently effective. Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy was effective. The basal metabolic rate (BMR) was serially monitored using an automatic integrated system for breath analysis. Serial monitoring of the BMR facilitates therapeutic evaluation in an Isaacs' syndrome patient with chronic fluctuating symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Gifu University, Graduate School of Medicine. hayashiy@gifu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Norihito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hozumi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inuzuka
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001481:Basal Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D001944:Breath Tests; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020386:Isaacs Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D002220:Carbamazepine