Muscle wasting after prolonged hypoglycaemic coma: case report with electrophysiological data.
- 1 May 1976
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 39 (5) , 465-470
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.39.5.465
Abstract
A case of distal muscle wasting associated with hypoglycaemia is described. Motor and sensory conduction studies are reported that provide little evidence of a hypoglycaemic peripheral neuropathy. Damage to anterior horn cells or motor roots appears to be a more likely explanation for the amyotrophy. Recovery occurred clinically with evidence of reinnervation by axonal collateral sprouting.Keywords
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