RECURRENT FAMILIAL NEUROPATHY DUE TO COMPRESSION

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  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 135  (6-7) , 541-556
Abstract
A family with 13 members affected by peripheral neuropathy manifesting as episodes of paralysies usually provoked by minor compression of nerve trunks is described. Nerve and muscle biopsies in 2 patients demonstrated many thickenings of the myelin sheath (tomacula). EM served as a basis for discussing the origin and place of this affection among other hereditary neuropathies.