A New Diagnosis of a Genetic Disorder in a Patient Presenting with Bilateral Upper Extremity Neuropathy

A 20-year-old male United States Marine Corps recruit was admitted to the emergency department with a two-week history of profound, bilateral upper-extremity weakness and numbness. Initially thought to be the result of his military training, the cause was ultimately determined to be genetic. This ca...

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Autores principales: Ruttenberg, Todd M., Miller, Alexander D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849295
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.11.35867
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description A 20-year-old male United States Marine Corps recruit was admitted to the emergency department with a two-week history of profound, bilateral upper-extremity weakness and numbness. Initially thought to be the result of his military training, the cause was ultimately determined to be genetic. This case represents a rare cause of a somewhat common presenting symptom: chronic symmetric polyneuropathy.
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spelling pubmed-59651472018-05-30 A New Diagnosis of a Genetic Disorder in a Patient Presenting with Bilateral Upper Extremity Neuropathy Ruttenberg, Todd M. Miller, Alexander D. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report A 20-year-old male United States Marine Corps recruit was admitted to the emergency department with a two-week history of profound, bilateral upper-extremity weakness and numbness. Initially thought to be the result of his military training, the cause was ultimately determined to be genetic. This case represents a rare cause of a somewhat common presenting symptom: chronic symmetric polyneuropathy. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5965147/ /pubmed/29849295 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.11.35867 Text en © 2018 Ruttenberg et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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