Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Neuromuscular Disease



Status:Completed
Conditions:Neurology
Therapuetic Areas:Neurology
Healthy:No
Age Range:Any
Updated:4/21/2016
Start Date:April 2001
End Date:May 2007

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Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients With Neuromuscular Diseases

The objectives of this protocol are to: 1) screen patients with various neuromuscular
disorders and facilitate their entry into appropriate research protocols; 2) help resolve
puzzling diagnostic neuromuscular problems and train fellows in the evaluation and treatment
of Neuromuscular Diseases; and 3) provide follow up to patients who finished their
participation in a previous study but they are not currently entered in another research
protocol. No investigational treatments will be performed on this protocol but the tissues
collected can be used for future research studies.

The objectives of this protocol are to: 1) screen patients with various neuromuscular
disorders and facilitate their entry into appropriate research protocols; 2) help resolve
puzzling diagnostic neuromuscular problems and train fellows in the evaluation and treatment
of Neuromuscular Diseases; and 3) provide follow up to patients who finished their
participation in a previous study but they are not currently entered in another research
protocol. No investigational treatments will be performed on this protocol but the tissues
collected can be used for future research studies.

- INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Research patients will be studied under this protocol if they fulfill the following
criteria:

Have an identifiable neuromuscular disorder that may be suitable for a specific current or
future protocol;

Present a diagnostic puzzle in spite of the previously performed diagnostic work-up;

Have unusual manifestation of a more usual neuromuscular disease;

Have a disorder useful for teaching purposes.

Patients should be referred by a physician who will continue their care after our
evaluation. A report of the patients' visit and tests, along with suggestions or
recommendations will be sent to each referring physician. There is a wide spectrum of
neuromuscular diseases to be studied, among them are: peripheral neuropathies, myopathies,
dystrophies, myasthenia, stiff person syndrome, muscle cramps, myotonias, motor neuron
diseases, post-polio syndrome, and certain demyelinating disorders affecting both the
central and the peripheral nervous system.
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