Characteristics of A-waves in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) versus demyelinating neuropathies (DN)

• Published in: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 1 - 5
• Main Author: Rashed, Hebatallah R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 14.01.2020; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: A-waves; ALS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Demyelinating neuropathies; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; NCS; Neurology; Neurosurgery; Psychiatry; ALS; Demyelinating neuropathies; A-waves; NCS

Objective Detect the occurrence and characteristics of A-waves in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and demyelinating neuropathies (DN). Methodology Nerve conduction studies (NCS) of 28 patients (14 patients with ALS and 14 patients with DN) were reanalyzed to look for A-waves. Results We studied...