PROGRESSIVE HYPERTROPHIC POLYNEURITIS

Progressive Hypertrophic Polyneuritis.

Polyneu Ritis Progressive Hypertrophic Polyneuritis

A family with the progressive hypertrophic polyneuritis of Dejerine and Sottas.

Progressive hypertrophic polyneuritis (Dejerine and Sottas, 1893) is a well established clinicopathological entity which is mentioned in most standard medical textbooks. It is, however, a very rare disease. Since the paper by Russell and Garland (1930) the only cases recorded in British medical journals have been an Australian family (Cooper, 1936). Since Sloane (1939) comprehensively reviewed ...

Dejerine-Sottas disease (progressive hypertrophic polyneuropathy).

This paper records parts of Dejerine and Sottas’s description of the syndrome that bears their names. It outlines biographical elements of Dejerine’s work. The modern classifi cation and the role of myelin protein mutations are briefl y described. Copyright © 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel

Toxic Polyneuritis

of Ten Cases Presenting Some Unusual Features By R. S. ALLISON, M.D., M.R.C.P.(LOND.), AND W. H. PATTERSON, M.D. NEURITIS is a common complaint and a term often loosely used to describe indefinite sensory symptoms. Polyneuritis or peripheral neuritis is, however, a definite entity and much less common. Harris (1) classifies its causes into four main groups (a) Caused by the absorption of poison...