[Rehabilitation of peripheral nerve lesions]. / La riabilitazione nelle lesioni nervose periferiche.

After reporting the pathophysiology of denervation the authors deal with the changes that affect nerves while going through reinnervation. A review of the drugs that may help healing and general care to be adopted in order to avoid sequential pathological phenomena related to paralysis are shown. Rehabilitative treatment is discussed, the Authors dwell upon rehabilitation of neurogenous bladder of patients with spina bifida and rehabilitation of patients with paralysis of brachial plexus. Facial paralysis has been discussed before dealing with benefits and complications of electrotherapy. The use of electromagnetotherapy and electromyography are shown with a rich photographic and bibliographic support.

On a rare atypical form of metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD): "neurological non-mld patients with low levels of arylsulphatase A". Description of two cases.

Two young patients (a brother and his sister) with low ASA levels who had myoclonic seizures since the age of eight years, were investigated by means of electrophysiological, neuroradiological and laboratory tests and submitted to a physical examination. In both patients, the disease started at the age of eight years with drug resistent myoclonic seizures. Intelligence was not impaired and ASA levels were lower than normal, but clinical features were not those of classic MLD. Electrophysiological study revealed altered SEPs and normal BAEPs (they are both altered in leukodystrophy). Therefore our findings conclude that tour patients must be considered "Neurological patients non-MLD with low levels of ASA".

[Evoked acoustic responses in the brain stem of subjects with facial hemispasm and megabasilar anomaly]. / Risposte evocate acustiche del tronco encefalico in soggetti con emispasmo facciale e con megabasilare.

We examined 8 subjects affected by hemifacial spasm. The CT exam showed a megadolichobasilaris vessel in five of them. Four of these five presented BAEP anomalies. Three of these four showed a decreased amplitude of the V wave and the other one a pathological increment of the I-V interval.