Autor(es): Tamura Noriko,Kuwabara Satoshi,Misawa Sonoko,Kanai Kazuaki,Nakata Miho,Sawai Setsu,Mori Masahiro,Hattori Takamichi

Resumo: Patients with acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) generally recover well. We reviewed clinical and electrophysiologic recovery in 13 patients for up to 5 years. Twelve patients showed rapid recovery over 12 months, whereas in the remaining one the recovery was slow and incomplete at 5 years. In AMAN, axonal degeneration appears to develop predominantly in the motor nerve terminals, and only occasionally more proximally in the nerve roots. Nerve terminal degeneration-regeneration presumably provides a mechanism for good recovery.

Palavras-Chave: Acute motor axonal neuropathy; Axonal Guillain Barre syndrome; Axonal regeneration; Blood-nerve barrier

Imprenta: Muscle & Nerve, v. 35, n. 6, p. 793-795, 2007

Identificador do Objeto Digital: 10.1002/mus.20729

Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Cell ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Cytopathology ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Pathogenesis

Data de Publicação: 2007