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Links pertaining to Neuromuscular Diseases | |
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| Neuromuscular Diseases - MDA (US) | ||
| EMG and Nerve Conductions Homepage [JF Jabre] | ||
| Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Muskelkranke e.V. [in German] - (DE) | ||
| Neuromuscular Disorders Information - Victoria Gov. (AU) | ||
| Neuromuscular Disorders [Nadeau and Valenstein] (Word file) - Univ of Florida (US) | ||
| Muscular Dystrophies - Muscular Dystrophy Group of (UK)+ N. Ireland | ||
| Info about the Creatine Kinase (CK, CPK) test - MDA (US), and some more - ADAM/MedlinePLUS | ||
| Neuromuscular Disease Center , Neuromuscular & Central Nervous System Syndromes , and a collection of one-page summaries of Differential Diagnoses of Neuromuscular Syndromes - School of Medicine/Washington Univ., St Louis (US) | ||
| Motor Cortex illustration [Earles et al.] - Furman Univ. (US) | ||
| About some Diagnostic Criteria for Neuromuscular Disorders - European Neuromuscular C. |
| Lower and Upper Motor Neuron Disorders - Merck Manual | |||
| Motor Neuron Disease Association - (UK) | |||
| About Motor Neuron Disease - MND Australia | |||
| A case of Muscle weakness and wasting - StudentBMJ, 2007 Dec (UK) | |||
| About Primary Lateral Sclerosis - NINDS/NIH (US) | |||
| On Primary Lateral Sclerosis - RareDiseases.org | |||
| About Primary Lateral Sclerosis - Spastic Paraplegia Foundation, Inc. | |||
| Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS) [C Armon] - eMedicine |
| The ALS Association including an ALS Overview | ||||
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis , and the ALS Journal - World Federation of Neurology/ALS | ||||
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Genetics Home Refrerence, NLM/NIH (US) | ||||
| The Motor Neuron Disease Association of the (UK) | ||||
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Muscular Dystrophy Assoc. (US) | ||||
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis [A Nielsen] | ||||
| About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Juvenile - OMIM, NCBI (US) | ||||
| Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose , fur Patienten und Angehorige [in German] - DGM (DE) | ||||
| Otolaryngology Aspects of ALS [T Callender], 1992 - Baylor College of Medicine (US) | ||||
| About ALS Newsmagazine - MDA (US) | ||||
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis [Wijesekera and Leigh] - Orphanet Journal, Feb 2009 | ||||
| Doug's Page (on ALS) [DR Jacobson] - (US) | ||||
| The Project A.L.S. [J Estess et al.] | ||||
| Discussions about ALS - BrainTalk Communities | ||||
| The ALS/Motor Neuron Disease Community at PatientsLikeMe | ||||
| About Rilutek - Sanofi-Aventis, Inc | ||||
| Recent PubMed citations related to therapeutic aspects of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - NLM (US) | ||||
| ALS, Medications, Supplements, Life Style, etc. [S Shackdel] - (AU) |
| About Progressive Bulbar Palsy - Merck Manual | ||||
| An Ask-the-Doc response about Progressive Bulbar Palsy - Neuromuscular and ALS Center, Robert Wood Johnson Hosp. (US) | ||||
| Re a question about Bulbar Palsy and Pseudobulbar Palsy - MedHelp |
| Understanding Spinal Muscular Atrophy from Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy | ||||
| Spinal Muscular Atrophy information - The Jennifer Trust for SMA (UK) | ||||
| What is Spinal Muscular Atrophy? , and about Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 , Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3 - MDA (US) | ||||
| About Spinal Muscular Atrophy, type 2 - MDA (AU), and Spinal Muscular Atrophy, type 3 - OMIM | ||||
| On Survival motor neuron spinal muscular atrophy [about Werdnig-Hoffman and Kugelberg-Welander disease] - Wikipedia | ||||
| The Kennedy's Disease Association , Inc., including some information material [T and S Waite] - (US) | ||||
| Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy (Kennedy's Disease) - GeneReviews |
| Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease (Spinal Muscular Atrophy I) - The Jennifer Trust | |||||
| About Infantile Spinal Muscular Atrophy - MDA (AU) | |||||
| About SMA 1 (Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease) - OMIM, NCBI (US) |
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| Facts/FAQs about Myopathies - MDA (US) | ||||
| Congenital Myopathies and Weakness - WUSTL (US) | ||||
| About Central Core Disease | ||||
| Congenital Fiber Type Disproportion [Sharma et al., case report] - Neurology India 2004; 52/2 | ||||
| Nemaline myopathy - MD Group (UK) | ||||
| Nemaline Rods images - WUSTL (US) | ||||
| Central Core Disease - Socialstyrelsen (SE) | ||||
| Clinical pattern info on Central Core Disease +/- Malignant Hyperthermia , and a couple of Histopathological Images - WUSTL |
| The Periodic Paralysis Resource Center - Riverside, CA (US) | ||||
| About Periodic Paralyses - Muscular Dystrophy Group of (UK) and N. Ireland | ||||
| Hypokalemic periodic paralysis , and Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis - Adam, via medlinePlus | ||||
| Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HyperPP) and Paramyotonic congenita (von Eulenburg's Disease) - Socialstyrelsen (SE) | ||||
| Ion Channel Diseases - WUSTL (US) | ||||
| About Thyrotoxic/Hashitoxic Periodic Paralysis - OMIM/NIH | ||||
| About Periodic Paralysis I (Hypokalemic, HOKPP) , Periodic Paralysis II (Hyperkalemic, HYPP) and Periodic Paralysis III (Normokalemic) - OMIM/NIH |
| Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America | ||||
| Myasthenia Gravis Links [S Way] | ||||
| On Myasthenic Syndromes , Differential Diagnosis , and Association with Other Disorders - Neurobiology of Disease/W.U.-STL (US) | ||||
| How accurate is the Blood Test for MG? - via NetWellness | ||||
| Myasthenia Gravis and Ocular Myasthenia Resources [T Riley] | ||||
| A few articles about Myasthenia Gravis at Myasthenia Gravis Assoc.,West Pennsylvania (US), including e.g. How to fight MG fatigue , an MG glossary and about stress and MG | ||||
| About A 54 year old man with diplopia (Myasthenia Gravis) [Scheiner and Liu] - DJO | ||||
| Myasthenia Gravis and Rasmussen's Encephalitis [Lombroso and Mercadante] - J Am Acad Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | ||||
| The Myasthenia Gravis Assoc. - (UK) |
| About the Peripheral Nervous System - Wikipedia, and some more info [J Kimball] | |||
| On Peripheral Nerve Disorders (, but primarily Guillain-Barre Syndrome) - GBS Support Group (UK) | |||
| On Diagnosing Peripheral Neuropathies - Athena Diagnostics, Inc. | |||
| Managing Chronic Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in the Elderly [Koski and Rider-Becker] - US Pharmacist, Jan 2009 | |||
| The (Peripheral) Neuropathy Association - (US) | |||
| Clinical Management of the Neuropathic Limb [N Elftman] - J Prosthetics Orthoics 1992/4/1 |
| What is a Brachial Plexus Injury? - UBPN (US), and an image of the Brachial Plexus - Univ of N. Carolina/Med School | ||||
| The Brachial Plexus Palsy Foundation - (US) | ||||
| Brachial plexus palsy and Shoulder dystocia - Trief and Olk (attorneys) | ||||
| About Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Injury | ||||
| Brachial Plexus anatomy [AM Elizaga] - Univ of Washington/Anesthesia |
| Acute Brachial Plexus Neuritis: An Uncommon Cause of Shoulder Pain [Miller et al.] - AFP, Nov 2000 | |||||
| About Brachial Neuritis [NL Ashworth] - eMedicine | |||||
| Brachial plexus neuritis - arthritis-treatment-and-relief.com | |||||
| A case of Parsonage-Turner syndrome - Neurology Forum/Medhelp |
| Diabetic Neuropathy - NINDS | ||||
| Diabetic Neuropathy: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes - NIDDK | ||||
| Diabetic Neuropathy - Am. Diabetes Association | ||||
| Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy [Russell and Stading] - US Pharmacist, Nov 2002 | ||||
| Diabetic Neuropathy of the Foot [photos] - Dermatology Online, UC/Davis | ||||
| The US Neuropathy Association |
| About the Guillain-Barré Syndrome - MayoClinic (US) | ||||
| Guillain-Barré Syndrome Fact Sheet - Nat'l Inst. of Neurological Research (US) | ||||
| Int'l Foundation for Guillain-Barré Syndrome | ||||
| The Guillain-Barré Syndrome Support Group of the (UK) | ||||
| Guillain-Barre syndrome following influenza vaccination [Haberet al.; abstract only] - JAMA, Nov 2004, via PubMed | ||||
| Update: Guillain-Barre Syndrome Among Recipients of Menactra Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine; United States, October 2005--February 2006 - MMWR, Apr 2006 | ||||
| A note about Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Campylobacter Infection - NIAID | ||||
| On Corticosteroids for treating Guillain-Barré syndrome [Hughes and van der Meché] - Cochrane Review |
| About Miller Fisher Syndrome - Guillain-Barré Syndrome Support G. (UK) | |||||
| Miller-Fisher-Syndrom [in German] - Klinik Hoher meissner | |||||
| Unilateral external ophthalmoplegia in Miller Fisher syndrome , a case report [Smith et al., 2007]- via Biomed Central |
| An image of The Carpal Tunnel - Medem | ||||||
| Overview of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - WebMD | ||||||
| Electrodiagnostic studies in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome [Jablecki et al.] - AAN, 2002 | ||||||
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - American Soc Surgery Hand | ||||||
| About the Brown procedure (Carpal Tunnel Surgery) - The Hand Center | ||||||
| Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery (ECTR) - C for Orthopaedic & Sports Med., GA (US) |
| About Sciatica - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | ||||||
| What You Need to Know About Sciatica [3 pages; SH Hochschuler] - Spine-Health.com | ||||||
| Information from Sciatica Clinic [R Dunn] | ||||||
| Differential diagnosis of Sciatica - Sciatica.Org | ||||||
| See also under Piriformis Syndrome | ||||||
| See also under Intervertebral Disk Displacement [links] |
| Cubital Tunnel Syndrome - e-Hand | ||||||
| Cubital Tunnel Syndrome - PlasticSurgery for You (US) | ||||||
| Cubital Tunnel Syndrome [Verheyden and Palmer] - eMedicine | ||||||
| About Guyon's Canal and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome [MR Patel] - (US) | ||||||
| Cubital Tunnel Syndrome in Guitarists [TJ Jameson] |
| About Ulnar Nerve Entrapment - AAOS (US) | ||||||
| Ulnar Nerve Entrapment [Stern and Steinman] - eMedicine |
| Piriformis Syndrome: another irritation to the sciatic nerve - Spine-Health.com | ||||
| Piriformis Syndrome - Merck | ||||
| About the Piriformis Syndrome - SportsMedWeb | ||||
| On the Piriformis Syndrome [SM Pribut] | ||||
| Diagnosis and treatment of piriformis syndrome [Rodrigue and Hardy, abstract only] - via PubMed | ||||
| Piriformis Syndrome - Sciatica.org | ||||
| About Guyon's Canal Syndrome [Matt in eOrthopod] |
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| About Thoracic Outlet Syndrome - Wikipedia | |||||
| Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Fact Sheet - Nat'l Inst. of Neurological Research (US) | |||||
| About Physical Therapy Treatment for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome - Nicholas Institute | |||||
| Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Discussions - BrainTalk Communities2 |
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| About Neuralgia - Milton S Hershey Med C. (US) | ||||
| Pain after shingles (Postherpetic Neuralgia) - MayoClinic | ||||
| Brief notes about Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia - Univ of Pittsburgh/Neuro Surgery |
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| About Peripheral Neuropathy - MayoClinic, and Chronic Inflammatory Polyneuropathy - Adam, via MedlinePlus | ||||
| The Neuropathic Pain Network | ||||
| About various forms of Polyneuropathy - Continuum Health Partners (US) | ||||
| Articles on various forms of neuropathy - eMedicine | ||||
| Peripheral Neuropathy - Athena Diagnostics Lab. | ||||
| Physician info about Acute Immune Polyneuropathies and Polyneuropathy Differential Diagnosis - Washington U., St Louis (US) | ||||
| Polyneuropathy - Neuronpathy: Points in Differential Diagnosis - Washington U., St Louis (US) | ||||
| On Polyneuropathy in elderly patients [Koutsouraki et al] - Encephalos (GR) | ||||
| Peripheral Neuropathy - Merck Manual, 17th ed. | ||||
| Case Studies in Peripheral Neuropathy [Z Simmons] - Hospital Physician/Neurology, 5/3 | ||||
| Peripheral Neuropathy Discussions - BrainTalk Communities2 | ||||
| The Neuropathy Trust - (UK) | ||||
| About Neuropathy and Back Pain [3 pages; RF Rashbaum] - Spine-Health.com | ||||
| The US Neuropathy Association | ||||
| Toxic Neuropathies - Washington Univ. School of Med., St. Louis (US) | ||||
| Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy - GBS Support Group (UK) |
| A factsheet about Refsum Disease , and about Infantile Refsum Disease - NINDS/NIH (US) | ||||||
| A clinical description of Refsum Syndrome [T Hoglund] - via (SE) | ||||||
| On the Genetics of Refsum Disease - NCBI/NIH (US) | ||||||
| About Refsum Disease - OMIM (US) | ||||||
| Infantile Refsum Disease Information [Stephens and Harris] - (US) |
| Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis [B Benson] - Associated Content | |||||
| On Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis - Wikipedia | |||||
| A comment on the genetics of CIPA - MedHelp | |||||
| Insensitivity to Pain, Congenital, with Anhidrosis; CIPA - OMIM | |||||
| The anaesthetic management of patients with congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) [Rosentsveig et al.; abstract only] - via PubMed |
| About Familial Dysautonomia - Wikipedia (US) | ||||||
| Familial Dysautonomia Foundation - (US) | ||||||
| The Nat'l Dysautonomia Research Foundation - (US) | ||||||
| Familial Dysautonomia [D'Amico and Axelrod] - eMedicine |
| POEMS Syndrome [clinical synopsis] - WU/STL (US) | |||||
| POEMS Syndrome in a Patient Presenting with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy [Trieschmann and Gilchrist ], 2002 | |||||
| POEMS Syndrome: A Case Report and Discussion [Mullai et al. ] - Cancer Control/Moffitt, May/Jun 2001 | |||||
| Plasma-cell dyscrasia with polyneuropathy. The spectrum of POEMS syndrome [Miralles et al. '92; PubMed Abstract] |
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| Cauda Equina - Wikipedia | ||||||
| About Cauda Equina Syndrome - American Assoc of Neurological Surgeons | ||||||
| About Cauda Equina Syndrome [Hodges and Eck] - eMedicine |
| About Stiff-Person Syndrome - NINDS (US) | |||
| The UK Stiff Man Syndrome Support Group and Charity | |||
| Stiff man-syndrom: eine komplexe Autoimmunerkrankung [in German] - (DE) | |||
| Stiff-Person Syndrome [GF Zeolla] |
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