Conduction block in neuropathies with necrotizing vasculitis

• Published in: Muscle & nerve Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 102
• Main Authors: Ropert, A, Metral, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.1990
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Blood Vessels; Electrophysiology; Female; Humans; Infarction - diagnosis; Infarction - physiopathology; Ischemia - diagnosis; Ischemia - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Neural Inhibition - physiology; Polyarteritis Nodosa - diagnosis; Polyarteritis Nodosa - physiopathology; Retrospective Studies; Vasa Nervorum

Thirty-two patients with a mononeuropathy multiplex associated with a systemic necrotizing vasculitis were studied. The main abnormality was a loss of motor and sensory axons confirmed by electrophysiological and histological methods. A conduction block was observed in five patients, but only one wa...