Acta neurologica Scandinavica. Supplementum
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Acta Neurol. Scand., Suppl.c · Jan 2008
ReviewTreatment of sialorrhea in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating progressive disease of all voluntary muscles. Bulbar symptoms with reduced ability to swallow occur frequently and may also be an early symptom. For some patients drooling may represent a severe social problem. ⋯ The treatment of sialorrhea in ALS is discussed in the view of current knowledge.
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Acta Neurol. Scand., Suppl.c · Jan 2008
Case ReportsSPG11--the most common type of recessive spastic paraplegia in Norway?
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are neurodegenerative diseases mainly characterized by lower limb spasticity with additional neurological symptoms and signs in complicated forms. Among the many autosomal recessive forms, SPG11 appears to be one of the most frequent. ⋯ We present the first SPG11-HSP in the Norwegian population. SPG11 should be suspected in patients with isolated or recessive HSP, thin corpus callosum and mental retardation.
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Acta Neurol. Scand., Suppl.c · Jan 2008
Quantitative sensory testing in patients with polyneuropathy and healthy individuals.
Elderly individuals and patients with polyneuropathy often feel heat pain or burning sensation on quantitative sensory testing (QST) of warm perception distally in the lower limbs. We therefore studied heat pain threshold (HPT), warm perception threshold (WPT) and the difference between heat pain and warm perception thresholds in 48 patients with symptoms and signs of polyneuropathy matched according to age and gender with 48 healthy persons. ⋯ When performing QST it is important to assess also quality features of warm perception, such as burning and heat pain sensation.