We describe an unusual case of a woman in her 30s who had recently undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and presented to the emergency department with a 6-week history of intractable nausea and vomiting ...

Biomarkers are generally used as diagnostic and prognostic tools in clinical practice, but are not yet available for neuropathies. Studies now suggest that neural protein levels in serum and ...

Each of the individual paraproteinemic disorders exhibits a distinct neuropathic phenotype, and the typical clinical features are described below. The prognosis is often not well-defined and unknown ...

Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN) is a rare, autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by a spectrum of symptoms and a challenging prognosis. Now, a study published recently in the New ...

Thirty-three patients with liver cirrhosis were investigated clinically and electrophysiologically. Nerve-conduction abnormalities were present in 24 (73%) patients compared with 71% reported in a ...

"Alterations in axonal membrane and channel function occur early in the disease course, prior to discernable large fibre involvement, and has the potential to be used as an early biomarker of ...

Investigators at the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing and China Agricultural University have identified mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein (MLKL) as an important player in ...