Idiopathic neuralgic amyotrophy in children. A distinct phenotype compared to the adult form.

doi:10.1055/s-2000-12954

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Idiopathic neuralgic amyotrophy in children. A distinct phenotype compared to the adult form.

Neuropediatrics - 1 Dec 2000

van Alfen N, Schuuring J, van Engelen B G, Rotteveel J J, Gabreëls F J

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Two cases of neuralgic amyotrophy (idiopathic brachial plexus neuropathy) in children are presented and combined with a review of the literature. Difficulties in establishing the diagnosis are illustrated, and we give an overview of the phenotype of childhood neuralgic amyotrophy and its distinctions from the adult type. Pain, in adult cases present in over 95% of the cases, is less frequent in children, and its...

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