SENSORY CHANGES AND THE REFLEXES IN JUVENILE PARETIC NEUROSYPHILIS
Authors: William C. Menninger
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 April 1935SENSORY CHANGES AND THE REFLEXES IN JUVENILE PARETIC NEUROSYPHILISWILLIAM C. MENNINGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.WILLIAM C. MENNINGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-10-1287 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBoth the sensory changes and the reflex findings are of major diagnostic importance in juvenile paretic neurosyphilis. The present study, the fifth of a series of clinical studies of this disease, is concerned with the sensory changes including headaches, the status of the tendon and pathological reflexes, the temperature disturbances and the trophic changes in this disease. It is based on 43 personally studied cases and 610 cases reported in the literature.SENSORY DISTURBANCESSensory disturbances in some form occur in juvenile general paresis in about 25 per cent of the cases, either as sensory skin changes, headaches, or leg...Bibliography1. ARSIMOLESHALBERSTADT : La paralysie générale juvénile, Ann. méd.-psychol., 1910, xi, 384-397; 1910, xii, 35-47, 239-250. Google Scholar2. DAHL W: Über jugendliche progressive Paralyse, 1909, Inaug. Diss., Wurtzburg. Google Scholar3. FAIRBANKS AW: General paresis in childhood, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1908, li, 1946-1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FERGUSONCRITCHLEY FRM: Clinical study of congenital neurosyphilis, Brit. Jr. Child. Dis., 1930, xxvii, 1-14. Google Scholar5. HALBEN R: Infantile Tabes resp. Taboparalyse bei einem 10 jährigen Mädchen, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1909, xxxv, 1093-1094. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. JUNIUSARNDT PM: Beiträge zur Statistik, Aetiologie, Symptomatologie, und pathologischen Anatomie der progressiven Paralyse, Arch. f. Psychiat., 1908, xliv, 249-305, 493-558, 971-1014. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. KLAUDERSOLOMON JVHC: Juvenile paresis with a presentation of 23 cases, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1923, clxvi, 545-558. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. KÖSTER G: Zur klinik und pathologischen Anatomie der Tabes und Taboparalyse des Kindesalters, Monatschr. f. Psychiat. u. Neurol., 1905, xviii, 179-232. Google Scholar9. KRAEPELIN E: General paralysis, 1913, Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph, New York, pp. 145-149. Google Scholar10. MENNINGER WC: Juvenile paretic neurosyphilis studies. I. The incidence, sex, and age at onset, Am. Jr. Syph. and Neurol., 1934, xviii, 486-504. II. Family history, with special consideration of familial neurosyphilis, Arch. Int. Med. (In press.) III. The developmental history, including mental and physical growth, trauma and convulsions, Jr. Nerv. and Ment. Dis. (In press.) IV. Cranial nerve and motor system syndromes, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. (In press.) Google Scholar11. PETERSON F: Juvenile general paralysis, Med. Rec., 1913, lxxxiii, 1051. Google Scholar12. SÄNGER : Case discussion, Neurol. Centralbl., 1905, xxiv, 1070. Google Scholar13. SCHLICHT J: Causistische Beiträge zur Lehre von der juvenilen Paralyse, 1915, Inaug. Diss. München, C. Wolf and Sohn. Google Scholar14. SCHMIDT-KRAEPELIN T: Über die juvenile Paralyse, 1920, Julius Springer, Berlin. Google Scholar15. SEBALD GA: Vier Fälle von progressiver Paralyse beim Kinde, 1917, Inaug. Diss. München, Kastner and Callwey. Google Scholar16. SOUKHANOFF S: Paralysie générale et grossesse, Rev. de méd., 1903, xxiii, 554-560. Google Scholar17. STEWART RM: Juvenile types of general paralysis, Jr. Ment. Sci., 1933, lxxix, 602-613. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. TORKEL KE: Besteht eine gesetzmässige Verschiedenheit in Verlaufsart und Dauer der progressiven Paralyse nach dem Charakter der begleitenden Rückenmarksaffection, 1903, J. Hamel, Marburg. Google Scholar19. TOULOUSEMARCHAND EL: Paralysie générale juvénile et epilepsie, Ann. méd.-psychol., 1899, x, 281-291. Google Scholar20. VOISINVOISINRENDU JRA: Hypothermie prolongée a la période terminale d'un paralysie générale infantile, Bull. et. mêm. Soc. méd. d. hôp. d. Paris, 1906, xxiii, 905-911. Google Scholar21. WEYGANDT : Über atypische juvenile Paralyse, Neurol. Centralbl., 1904, xxiii, 372. Google Scholar22. To avoid unnecessary duplication, references of individual case reports will be given in a subsequent study. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Topeka, Kansas*Received for publication September 16, 1934.From the Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 April 1935Volume 8, Issue 10Page: 1287-1293KeywordsReflexesTemperatureTendons Issue Published: 1 April 1935 PDF downloadLoading ...