title: [Brachial plexus sleep palsy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Brachial plexus is rarely involved in "Saturday night palsy".
  
  
  METHODS
  A young man was admitted for numbness and weakness of his right upper limb after awaking from sleep. Neurophysiological studies, consistent with brachial plexopathy, revealed presence of proximal conduction blocks. Patient presented spontaneous clinical and neurophysiological improvement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diagnosis of compressive brachial plexopathy needs to eliminate other causes of neuropathy with conduction block.
authors.affiliation: Service des Explorations Fonctionnelles du Système Nerveux et Acupuncture, Hôpital Carémeau, CHU de Nîmes, Place du Professeur-Robert-Debré, 30029 Nîmes cedex 9, France. n.fourcade@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fourcade
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taieb
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Labauge
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pradal-Prat
mesh_terms: D020516:Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004576:Electromyography; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D020188:Sleep Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; D055815:Young Adult