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Early Pathological and Electrodiagnostic Studies

Mark J. Kupersmith, MD; Abraham N. Lieberman, MD; Neil Spielholz, PhD; Peter Berczeller, MD; Joseph Ransohoff, MD

Arch Neurol. 1979;36(10):645-647.

Abstract
• We describe a patient with a foot drop attributable to both herniated disk and peripheral neuropathy susceptible to external compression. Early electrodiagnostic studies and sural nerve biopsy indicated a role for myelin dysfunction in this disorder.

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Neurology (Drs Kupersmith and Lieberman), Rehabilitative Medicine (Dr Spielholz), Internal Medicine (Dr Berczeller), and Neurosurgery (Dr Ransohoff), New York University School of Medicine, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 21, 1978.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Medical Center, 566 First Ave, New York, NY 10016 (Dr Lieberman).

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