Reduced amplitude of the sural nerve sensory action potential in PARK2 patients.

Ohsawa, Y; Kurokawa, K; Sonoo, M; Yamada, H; Hemmi, S; Iwatsuki, K; Hagiwara, H; Murakami, T et al. · Neurology · 2005

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

The authors performed nerve conduction studies in nine PARK2 and eight idiopathic Parkinson disease patients and found a significant reduction of sural sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) amplitude in eight PARK2 patients who mostly remained asymptomatic. These data suggest that sensory axonal neuropathy may be a common clinical feature of PARK2 and a reduced amplitude of sural SNAP could be a diagnostic indicator of PARK2.

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