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Peripheral Nerve and Related Disorders
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Overview of the Peripheral Nervous System
Causes
Disorders that may resemble peripheral nerve disorders
Diagnosis
Treatment
Overview of Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Other Motor Neuron Diseases (MNDs)
Symptoms
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig disease)
Primary lateral sclerosis and progressive pseudobulbar palsy
Progressive muscular atrophy
Progressive bulbar palsy
Diagnosis
Treatment
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Eaton-Lambert Syndrome
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Supportive care
Immune globulin or plasma exchange
Other treatments
Prognosis
Hereditary Neuropathies
Hereditary Neuropathy With Liability to Pressure Palsies (HNPP)
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Isaacs Syndrome
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Mononeuropathy
Causes
Symptoms
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Peroneal nerve palsy
Radial nerve palsy
Ulnar nerve palsy
Diagnosis
Treatment
Multiple Mononeuropathy
Myasthenia Gravis
Neonatal myasthenia
Symptoms
Myasthenia crisis
Diagnosis
Treatment
Medications to help improve strength quickly
Treatments to suppress the autoimmune reaction
Other treatments
Nerve Root Disorders
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Plexus Disorders
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Polyneuropathy
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Spinal Muscular Atrophies (SMAs)
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Stiff-Person Syndrome
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Thoracic Outlet Syndromes (TOS)
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment