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Multifocal motor neuropathy without overt conduction block

Anthony S.I. Pakiam MD

Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, Box 295, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA

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Gareth J. Parry MB, ChB, FRACP,

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Gareth J. Parry MB, ChB, FRACP

Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, Box 295, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA

Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, Box 295, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USASearch for more papers by this author

Anthony S.I. Pakiam MD,

Anthony S.I. Pakiam MD

Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, Box 295, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA

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Gareth J. Parry MB, ChB, FRACP,

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Gareth J. Parry MB, ChB, FRACP

Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, Box 295, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA

Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, Box 295, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USASearch for more papers by this author

First published: 07 December 1998

https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199802)21:2<243::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-2

Citations: 69

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Abstract

One of the defining electrophysiological characteristics of multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is focal motor nerve conduction block. We have noted occasional patients with typical clinical features of MMN in whom there is no demonstrable conduction block. Upon review of 5 such cases, we conclude that otherwise typical MMN may present without overt conduction block. This subset of patients does not otherwise differ from patients with MMN in whom this hallmark electrodiagnostic feature is present. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 21: 243–245, 1998.

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