Congenital Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1987 Apr;50(4):476-8. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.50.4.476.

Abstract

A 4 year old girl had been hypotonic and areflexic since birth with delayed milestones in motor development. Repetitive stimulation at high rates performed at 3 years elicited an incremental response typical of the Lambert-Eaton Syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials
  • Biopsy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Electromyography
  • Female
  • Guanidine
  • Guanidines / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Muscles / pathology
  • Muscles / physiopathology
  • Muscular Diseases / congenital*
  • Muscular Diseases / drug therapy
  • Muscular Diseases / physiopathology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / congenital*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Peroneal Nerve / physiopathology
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Guanidines
  • Guanidine