Posts Tagged ‘neuropathy’

Diagnosis of Peripheral Neuropathies

CNI Review Medical Journal, Colorado Neurological Institute, 2002.  Description of peripheral neuropathy, including possible causes, and diagnostic and treatment techniques.

http://www.thecni.org/reviews/13-2-p11-chang.htm

Painful Feet: The Small Fiber Neuropathies

CNI Review Medical Journal, Colorado Neurological Institute.  Peripheral neuropathy is described, including a comparison of large and small fiber neuropathies.

http://www.thecni.org/reviews/13-2-p07-treihaft.htm

Antibodies against OspA Epitopes of Borrelia Burgdorferi Cross-React with Neural Tissue

Journal of Neuroimmunology (abstract only). Outer surface protein A is seen to cross-react with certain DNA sequences in brain tissue, suggesting that Lyme disease may create an auto-immune condition.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15652419

Lyme Disease – Prevention and Treatment

Weill Cornell College of Medicine, 2004. This is a brief look at the most common presentations of Lyme disease, with suggestions for prevention and treatment.

http://www.hss.edu/conditions_14366.asp

Review of Lyme Neuroborreliosis

13th International Scientific Conference on Lyme Disease and other Tick-borne Disorders. A review of the latest findings in the diagnosis and treatment of neurologic Lyme disease, including MRI and PET scans and brain similarities.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/412987

Practice Parameter: Treatment of Nervous System Lyme Disease (an Evidence-Based Review)

Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Summary of guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease of the nervous system (neuroborreliosis).

http://www.guideline.gov/summary/pdf.aspx?doc_id=10858&stat=1&string=lyme

Chronic Neurologic Manifestations of Lyme Disease

New England Journal of Medicine. Drs. Steere, Kaplan, and Logigian follow up with former patients, find many ill with chronic symptoms, including fatigue, headache, encephalopathy, encephalitis, neuropathy, arthritis, and hearing loss.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM199011223232102