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© 2006 American Academy of Neurology Brief Communications Phrenic neuropathy due to neuralgic amyotrophyFrom the Department of Neurology, the Cleveland Clinic (B.E.T., R.W.W., R.W.S.), Cleveland, OH; and Neurological Associates of Long Island (D.A.O.), Great Neck, NY. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Bryan E. Tsao, The Cleveland Clinic, Desk S91, Neuromuscular Section, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail: tsaob{at}ccf.org The authors reviewed the medical records of 33 patients diagnosed with idiopathic phrenic neuropathy and found that 17 patients had clinical features of neuralgic amyotrophy. They concluded that a careful clinical and electrodiagnostic evaluation may implicate neuralgic amyotrophy as a causative disease in patients with apparently isolated phrenic neuropathy.
Additional material related to this article can be found on the Neurology Web site. Go to www.neurology.org and scroll down the Table of Contents for the May 23 issue to find the title link for this article. Presented in part at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Miami, FL, 2005. Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest. Received October 18, 2005. Accepted in final form February 6, 2006.
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