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Anaesthesia for a patient with giant axonal neuropathy
Author(s) -
MITCHELL A.,
MOSKOVITS P. E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb11686.x
Subject(s) - medicine , peripheral neuropathy , anesthesia , central nervous system , neuroscience , endocrinology , biology , diabetes mellitus
Summary Giant axonal neuropathy is a generalised disorder of cytoplasmic intermediate filaments which particularly involves the peripheral and central nervous systems. In this paper we describe a child with giant axonal neuropathy and discuss the anaesthetic management in the light of the pathology and physiology of the condition.