As with other chronic neurologic diseases, many of the problems engendered by the disease
can be managed effectively with a beneficial impact on quality of life and m some mstances …

Hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM; OMIM 600737) is a unique group of neuromuscular
disorders characterized by adult onset, slowly progressive distal and proximal weakness …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive degenerative disease of the motor system
in adults that occurs in sporadic, familial, and Western Pacific forms. Involvement of non‐…

Background Recent studies have reported that patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have a
predisposition to develop chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). …

Excitement about neurogenetics in the last two decades has diverted attention from
environmental causes of sporadic ALS. Fifty years ago endemic foci of ALS with a frequency one …

Phrenic nerves of 11 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis studied postmortem contained
only 33% of the normal number of large myelinated fibers (9 controls; p < 0.001). In the …

Discussion Metronidazole has been widely used to treat trichomonas vaginitis for many
years without producing major side effects. Some of its new therapeutic indications, however, …

Research criteria for the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
were proposed by an Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology (…

A “gain-of-function” toxic property of mutant Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) is
involved in the pathogenesis of some familial cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). …

Veterans of the 1990–1991 Gulf War have been reported to have an increased incidence of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared to personnel who were not deployed. An …