Clinico-electroneuromyographic characteristics of myelodysplasia in children
Shakhovskiĭ, V.A.; Skvortsov, I.A.; Kharina, G.V.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 87(10): 1493-1496
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 3321790 Document Number: 296556
Myelodysplasia is a topical problem of childhood neurology. The early diagnosis and treatment of myelodysplasia prevents the development of severe neurological symptomatology. Twenty patients with myelodysplasia were investigated using clinical, electroneuromyographic, and thermographic methods of examination. Electroneuromyography included determination of the bulbocavernous reflex which served as an objective criterion of the status of the lumbosacral portion of the spinal cord. Early diagnosis of myelodysplasia makes it possible to conduct preventive therapy including electrostimulation of the spinal cord or perform surgical intervention when indicated in children with this pathology.