Background: Diagnostic criteria for the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) have been available
since 1978. Since then, several variants have been described. More recently, a distinction …

Objectives. To establish the central nervous system (CNS) manifestations of systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) as described in the literature and to compare the results with two …

Objectives. To identify the pathogenetic mechanisms of central nervous system (CNS)
syndromes of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as described in the literature. Methods. Using …

Necropsy material from 8 previously normal subjects aged from 8 to 42 years, dying suddenly
as a result of trauma or acute illness, was used to collect data on fibre type distribution in …

We carried out a light and electron microscopic study on end plates and related structures in
external intercostal muscles from subjects aged between 4 and 77 years. Light …

The aim of this study was to establish the time scale of developmental changes in innervation
of skeletal muscle fibers in man. Specimens of thigh and intercostal muscle from 19 …

… Elderson A, Gerritsen van der Hoop R, Haanstra W, Neijt JP, Gispen WH, Jennekens FGI.
Vibration perception and thermoperception as quantitative measurements in the monitoring of …

We investigated whether 5 to 20mg per week oral methotrexate could slow down disease
progression in 44 patients with inclusion body myositis in a randomized double‐blind placebo‐…

The aim of this study was to provide information on the histochemical characteristics of the
pathological changes which occur in striated limb muscles in old age. Specimens were …

In seven unrelated patients with a demyelinating motor and sensory neuropathy, we found
mutations in exons 2 and 3 of the P sub 0 gene.Morphologic examination of sural nerve …