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Muscle Nerve
March 2018
Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
Medicina (B Aires)
August 2016
Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciencias Médicas da Universidade Estadual do Piauí (UESPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brasil.
A different and rare type of atrophy with a predominant pattern in scapulo-peroneal distribution was described by Davidenkow in 1939. The syndrome was characterized by some researchers as a variant of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, however Davidenkow noticed that clinical and laboratorial manifestations did not corroborate exactly with this hypothesis. We describe a case of a female patient, 39 years-old, clinical picture similar to the syndrome described by Davidenkow, presenting scapulo-peroneal atrophy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMuscle Nerve
November 2005
Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida 33136, USA.
The nosologic boundary of neuropathic scapuloperoneal syndrome (Davidenkow's syndrome) remains ill defined and its genetic basis is unknown. A case of Davidenkow's syndrome with the monochromosomic 17p11.2 deletion that often is associated with hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) is described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurol India
January 1998
Department of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012, India.
Davidenkow's syndrome is being reported in three members of a family. The affected subjects had weakness and wasting of the deltoids and the distal muscles of the lower limbs. The onset of the disorder was in the middle of the second decade and the affected subjects retained the capability of independent mobility till the fifth decade.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFElectromyogr Clin Neurophysiol
January 1997
University Hospital-IV kilometer, III Neurological Clinic, Sofia, Bulgaria.
The nosology of scapuloperoneal syndrome remains controversial. Is it a variant of Charcot-Marie-Tooth's disease, a form of myopathy, or of spinal muscular atrophy is still unknown. A family with a scapuloperoneal syndrome caused by anterior horn cell involvement is described.
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