Читать книгу Neurology - Charles H. Clarke - Страница 194

This describes increasing limb weakness, up to an arbitrary 3 weeks. Cord compression, poliomyelitis, Guillain–Barré, other neuropathies, MS, myasthenia, LEMS, botulism are potential causes (Chapters 9, 10, and 11). Respiratory impairment is easy to miss with limb weakness. Initial paralytic symptoms are regarded as non‐organic in about one‐quarter when patients first seek help.