Diaphragmatic weakness in hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy.
Open Access
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 53 (4) , 348-350
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.53.4.348
Abstract
Six patients severely affected by hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN), four type I and two type II, had clinical evidence of diaphragmatic weakness. One presented with cardiorespiratory failure secondary to nocturnal hypoventilation, and three others were unable to lie flat because of dyspnoea. Diaphragmatic paralysis should be considered as a cause of respiratory or cardiac failure in cases of HMSN.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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