Peripheral Neuropathies

Peripheral Neuropathies compiles lectures presented at the Symposium on Peripheral Neuropathies held in Milan, Italy on June 26-28, 1978.
This book covers the basic problems in peripheral nerve pathology; axonal transport; neuropathies in chronic renal failure; peripheral neuropathies in diabetes; compression neuropathies; and metabolic, genetic, and inflammatory neuropathies. This text also discusses topics such as filamentous inclusions in Schwann cell nuclei; autonomie dysfunction and myokymia in gold neuropathy; study of the effect of gangliosides on experimental carbon disulfide neuropathy; and peripheral nerve changes in Refsum's disease before and after treatment.
This compilation is a useful source of information for students and researchers conducting investigative work on peripheral neuropathy.

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Preface
Introductory Lecture
Sensory Action Potentials and Biopsy of the Sural Nerve in Neuropathy
Basic Problems in Peripheral Nerve Pathology
Fact and Fancy in the Histological Diagnosis Of Denervation
Human and Animal Neuropathies Studied in Experimental Nerve Transplants
Altered Ratio between Axon Caliber and Myelin Thickness in Sural Nerves of Children
Methods of EMG Quantitative Analysis in the Diagnosis of Subclinical Polineuropathies
Cutaneous, Muscular and Visceral Unmyelinated Afferent Fibers: Comparative Study
Nerve and Muscle Changes Induced By Repeated Localized Freezings of the Sciatic Nerve in the Rat
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Rat Sciatic Nerve Undergoing Wallerian Degeneration
Non-Specific Cholinesterase (Ns.ChE) in Peripheral Neuropathies
Neural Control of Gene Expression of Skeletal Muscle Fibers
Axonal Transport
The Role of Calcium in Axoplasmic Transport in Mammalian Nerve Fibers
Axonal Transport and Intracellular Organization of Skeletal and Contractile Structures in Maturing Neurons
Axonal Transport and Peripheral Nerve Disease in Man
Changes in Axonal Transport in Various Experimental Neuropathies
Axonal Transport in Acrylamide Neuropathy
Experimental Investigation of Alcoholic Neuropathy
On The Relation between Microtubule Density and Axoplasmic Transport in Nerves Treated with Maytansine In Vitro
Conductances of Rat Skeletal Muscle Fibers during Recovery from Chronic Application of Vincristine to the Motor Nerve
Neuropathies in Chronic Renal Failure
Pathophysiological Aspects of Uraemic Neuropathy
Motor Nerve Conduction Velocities as an Index of the Efficiency of Maintenance Dialysis in Patients with End-Stage Renal Failure
Peripheral Neuropathies in Diabetes
The Clinical Aspects of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Human and Experimental Diabetic Neuropathy
The Relationship between Peripheral and Autonomic Neuropathy in Insulin Dependent Diabetes: A Clinical and Instrumental Evaluation
Diabetic Proximal Amyotrophy
Morphometry of Peripheral Nerves in Streptozotocin Diabetic Rats
Assessment of Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy by Measurement of Heart Rate Responses to Deep Breathing and to Standing
Clinical and Electromyographical Observation on 83 Cases of Diabetic Neuropathy
Evaluation of the Motor and Sensory Conduction Velocity (MCV, SCV) in Diabetic Patients before and after a Three Days Treatment with the Artificial Beta Cell (Biostator)
Diabetic Neuropathy in Children
F and H Responses in the Evaluation of Conduction Velocity in the Proximal Tracts of Peripheral Nerves in Diabetic and Alcoholic Patients
Compression Neuropathies
Conduction Block in Acute Compression
Pathology and Pathogenesis of Traumatic Nerve Lesions in Animals and Man, with Special Reference to Chronic Entrapment
Recovery of Sensory Potentials after Ischaemic Block by Pneumatic Compression of Varying Duration
Idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Clinical and Electrophysiological Study of 50 Patients
Relationship between Arm Paraesthesias and Entrapment Syndromes in 397 Patients : Electromyographic Findings
Comparison of Orthodromic and Antidromic Sensory Nerve Conduction in Polyneuropathies and in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Private Practice
Microelectrophysiologic Studies on the Nature of Neuromuscular Transmission Block Caused By Peripheral Nerve Injury
Pressure Neuropathies - The Need for Microsurgical Approach
Microneurosurgical Treatment of the Entrapment Neuropathies of the Upper Limb
Metabolic, Genetic and Inflammatory Neuropathies
Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Velocity Measurements in Genetic Neuropathies
The Long Term Issue of Acute Idiopathic Polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré Syndrome)
Electrophysiological and Histological Study in Guillain-Barré-Strohl (GBS) Syndrome
Inherited Amyloid Polyneuropathy in an Italian Family
Subperineurial Space and Immunoglobulin Deposits in Inflammatory and Dysglobulinemic Neuropathies
Ultramorphology of Peripheral Nerves in Lysosomal Diseases
Hereditary Spherocytosis in Peroneal Muscular Atrophy
Peroneal Muscular Atrophy (PMA) with Postural Tremor
Miscellaneous
Filamentous Inclusions in Schwann Cell Nuclei
Gangliosides in Denervation: An Experimental and Clinical Study
Clinical and Neurophysiological Findings in 47 Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Malignancies Treated with Various Doses of Vincristine
Involvement of Peripheral Nervous Mechanisms in the "Remote Effects" of Cancer on Skeletal Muscles? A Light Microscopic Study on Autopsy Material
Autonomic Dysfunction and Myokymia in Gold Neuropathy
Collagen Measurement in Hypoextensibility of the Soleus Muscle 6 to 9 Days after Local Injection of Tetanus Toxin
Study of the Effect of Gangliosides on Experimental Carbon Disulphide Neuropathy
Peripheral Nerve Changes in Refsum's Disease before and after Treatment
Author Index