[A role of central control in development and progression of diabetic polyneuropathy in teenagers].

A role of central control of peripheral nervous system was investigated in 79 teenagers with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The patients were studied using clinical and neurophysiological methods, electroneuromyography and somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP). The SSEP analysis revealed the disturbances of sensory pathways in the central nervous system at early stage of diabetes mellitus.

[Clinical and neurophysiological features and outcome prognosis criteria of Guillain-Barre syndrome in children].

Clinical and electroneuromyographical (ENMG) study of 24 children with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) was conducted. Using ENMG, axonal and demyelinating GBS variants differing by course and rehabilitation time were distinguished. To predict a development of bulbar and respiratory disorders and to evaluate their severity and duration, diaphragm and adductive nerves conduction was investigated.

[The clinico-electroneuromyographic characteristics of acute inflammatory polyneuropathies in children].

Clinical electroneuromyographic examination (ENME) was carried out in 59 children at the age of 1-12 years with acute demyelinating polyneuropathies (PNP). The patients were divided into two groups, namely: 24 children with Guillain-Barré [correction of Giyenne-Barret] syndrome (the first) and 35 ones with diphtheritic PNP (the second group). The main clinical symptoms were investigated in each group.