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Neuromuscular ultrasound in polyneuropathies and motor neuron disease
Author(s) -
HobsonWebb Lisa D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.23737
Subject(s) - fasciculation , medicine , chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy , multifocal motor neuropathy , motor neuron , neuromuscular disease , lower motor neuron , polyneuropathy , disease , neuroscience , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pathology , anatomy , psychology , mismatch negativity , electroencephalography , immunology , psychiatry , antibody
Current standards for diagnosing polyneuropathies ( PN ) and motor neuron disease ( MND ) sometimes lack early sensitivity and result in delayed diagnosis and treatment. Neuromuscular ultrasound ( NMUS ), already established in the diagnosis of entrapment neuropathies, may offer another means of diagnosis and monitoring response to therapy. This review of current evidence discusses diffuse nerve hypertrophy in hereditary demyelinating neuropathies, multifocal nerve enlargement in acquired demyelinating PN and the lack of readily apparent structural change in axonal neuropathies. NMUS detection of fasciculations and muscular change in MND is also reviewed, along with the need for further research to better define the role of nerve imaging in patients with PN . Muscle Nerve 47: 790–804, 2013