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Reviewed December 2011
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39 Resources Found
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Myasthenia gravis
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Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease characterised by muscular weakness. The symptoms are caused by the immune system interfering with the transmission of messages from the nerves to the muscles. The cause is not known and there is no cure. |
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Oct 2011 |
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Slow transit constipation
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Slow transit constipation (STC) typically involves the unusually slow passage of waste through the large intestine. This can lead to problems such as constipation and uncontrollable soiling. STC may mimic or coincide with Hirschsprung's disease. Treatment options include electrical stimulation, laxatives and surgery. This condition used to be called Neuronal intestinal dysplasia (NID). |
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Oct 2011 |
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Essential tremor
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Essential tremor is a neurological disorder that causes involuntary shaking of particular parts of the body, usually the head and hands. The cause is unknown, although a genetic link is strongly suspected. Essential tremor is not a form of Parkinson's disease. Triggers may include emotional stress, caffeinated drinks, alcohol or insufficient sleep. There is no cure. |
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Oct 2011 |
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Kennedy's disease
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Kennedy's disease is a rare inherited neuromuscular disorder that causes progressive weakening and wasting of the muscles, particularly the arms and legs. Kennedy's disease is also known as X-linked spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA). The disorder only affects males (men). There is no cure yet, and treatment can only ease some of the symptoms. |
| Date: |
Jun 2011 |
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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor treatment for myasthenia gravis
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Myasthenia gravis is a disease in which antibodies directed against acetylcholine receptors block the transmission of nerve impulses to muscles, causing fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, including pyridostig... |
| Date: |
May 2011 |
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Drug treatment for spinal muscular atrophy types II and III
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disorder that results in progressive muscle weakness with onset in childhood and adolescence. There are three main types of SMA. Drug treatment for SMA type I is discussed in a separate Cochrane review. T... |
| Date: |
Mar 2011 |
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Drug treatment for spinal muscular atrophy type I
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe neuromuscular disease with onset in childhood and adolescence that results in progressive muscle weakness. There are three main types of SMA. Drug treatment for SMA types II and III is discussed in a separate Co... |
| Date: |
Mar 2011 |
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Drug therapy for chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy is a frequent disorder in elderly persons that is characterised by very slowly progressive numbness or weakness of the feet and lower legs, and sometimes the hands. By definition, the cause is not known. No rando... |
| Date: |
Feb 2011 |
| Title: |
Plasma exchange for generalised myasthenia gravis
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Myasthenia gravis is caused by antibodies in the blood which attack the junctions between nerves and muscles they stimulate. Plasma exchange removes these circulating auto-antibodies. Many case series suggest that plasma exchange helps to treat myasthen... |
| Date: |
Jan 2011 |
| Title: |
Neuromuscular system
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
The combination of the nervous system and the muscles, working together to permit movement, is known as the neuromuscular system. Neuromuscular disorders include motor neuron diseases, neuropathies and muscular dystrophies. |
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Oct 2010 |
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Treatment for Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is a rare disorder of the neuromuscular junction that causes muscle weakness (most commonly in the upper arms and legs). It is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own antibodies prevent the release of the c... |
| Date: |
Oct 2010 |
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Corticosteroids for myasthenia gravis
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Myasthenia gravis is caused by the body's antibodies impairing transmission of nerve impulses to muscles, resulting in fluctuating weakness and fatigue. Acute attacks can be life threatening because of swallowing or breathing difficulties. Seven randomi... |
| Date: |
Jun 2010 |
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) affects the peripheral nervous system. The nerves of the limbs gradually stop working properly and this leads to wasting of the muscles that are served by those nerves. The muscles of the ankles, feet and hands are often most affected. |
| Date: |
Jan 2010 |
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Piriformis syndrome - myDr.com.au
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| Publisher: |
myDr
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| Description: |
Piriformis syndrome involves the piriformis muscle of the buttock compressing and irritating the sciatic nerve. |
| Date: |
Aug 2009 |
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Rehabilitation interventions for foot drop in neuromuscular disease
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Foot drop is the term commonly used to describe weakness or contracture of the muscles at the ankle joint. It may arise from many neuromuscular diseases. Interventions might include a 'wait and see' approach, physiotherapy, orthotics (appliances), surge... |
| Date: |
Apr 2009 |
| Title: |
Clinical use of botulinum toxin
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| Publisher: |
Australian Prescriber
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| Description: |
Botulinum toxin is used for an increasingly wide range of clinical problems, principally related to muscle or sweat gland overactivity. The effect is temporary, lasting 3-6 months. |
| Date: |
Apr 2009 |
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Immunosuppressant and immunomodulatory treatments for multifocal motor neuropathy
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Multifocal motor neuropathy is a rare condition causing progressive weakness of the limbs, especially the hands and arms. This disorder is believed to be immunological in nature. The usual treatment is infusion of immunoglobulin (antibodies purified fro... |
| Date: |
Oct 2008 |
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Pharmacological interventions for spasticity following spinal cord injury
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
A major problem after spinal cord injury is muscle resistance to having the arms or legs moved (spasticity). There can also be spasms. This can severely limit a person's mobility and independence, and can cause pain, muscle problems, and sleep difficult... |
| Date: |
Jul 2008 |
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