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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Small Fibre Involvement in Multifocal Motor Neuropathy Explored with Sudoscan: A Single-Centre Experience.

Marco Luigetti, Silvia Giovannini, Angela Romano, Giulia Bisogni, Francesco Barbato, Andrea Di Paolantonio, Serenella Servidei, Giuseppe Granata, Mario Sabatelli

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marco LuigettiFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, UOC Neurologia, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7539-505X
Silvia GiovanniniUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9125-752X
Angela RomanoUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2061-1509
Giulia BisogniCentro Clinico NEMO adulti, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Francesco BarbatoUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Andrea Di PaolantonioUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Serenella ServideiUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe GranataUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8939-7467
Mario SabatelliUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITCentro Clinico Nemo · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveMultifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is a rare inflammatory neuropathy, clinically characterized by exclusive motor involvement. We wished to evaluate the possible presence of sensory dysfunction, including the evaluation of small fibres, after a long-term disease course. PATIENTS AND

methodsseven MMN patients, regularly followed in our Neurology Department, underwent clinical evaluation, neurophysiological examination by nerve conduction studies (NCSs), and Sudoscan. We compared neurophysiological data with a group of patients with other disorders of the peripheral nervous system.

resultsNCSs showed a reduction of sensory nerve action potential amplitude in 2/7 MMN patients. Sudoscan showed borderline electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) values in 3/7 MMN patients (two of them with abnormal sensory NCSs).

conclusionsOur results confirm that sensory involvement may be found in some MMN after a long-term disease course, and it could also involve the small fibres.

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multifocal motor neuropathypolyneuropathysensory involvementsmall fibressudoscan

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PMID32993111
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