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- Title
Upper Extremity Multifocal Neuropathy in a 10-Year-Old Boy Associated With NS6S Disaccharide Antibodies.
- Authors
Edelman, Frederick; Naddaf, Elie; Waclawik, Andrew J.
- Abstract
We present a 10-year-old boy with a predominantly motor multifocal neuropathy with demyelinating and axonal changes with sensory involvement, affecting only one upper extremity. Laboratory studies revealed an elevated titer of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies against the NS6S antigen. He responded to treatment with high dose intravenous immunoglobulins. Focal or multifocal immune-mediated neuropathies are not common in children and may be underdiagnosed.
- Subjects
NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGICAL disorders -- Immunological aspects; DISACCHARIDES; JUVENILE diseases; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Journal of Child Neurology, 2015, Vol 30, Issue 7, p945
- ISSN
0883-0738
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0883073814541472