CASE OF MYATONIA CONGENITA TREATED SUCCESSFULLY WITH ADRENAL CORTEX (ESCHATIN)
Authors: Max H. Weinberg
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Case Reports1 February 1939CASE OF MYATONIA CONGENITA TREATED SUCCESSFULLY WITH ADRENAL CORTEX (ESCHATIN)MAX H. WEINBERG, F.A.C.P., M.D.MAX H. WEINBERG, F.A.C.P., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-8-1382 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMyatonia congenitahas attracted a great deal of attention, in spite of its comparative rarity, ever since the condition was first described by Oppenheim in 1900. In 1917 Reuben1could gather from the literature only 130 cases and reported on six of his own, the highest number reported by one observer. The majority of the reports deal with but one or two cases. Most of the reports are concerned only with description of the disease and the central point of the discussion is, usually, whether it is a separate entity or merely another manifestation of the Werdnig-Hoffman type of infantile...Bibliography1. REUBEN MS: Amyotonia congenita of Oppenheim; A report of six cases with a full review of the literature, Arch. Int. Med., 1917, v, 657-700. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. KERLEYBLANCHARD CGK: Amyotonia congenita: report of two cases, Arch. Pediat., 1927, xliv, 26-31. Google Scholar3. SHUMAN JR: Amyotonia congenita: report of two cases, Arch. Pediat., 1926, xliii, 225-234. Google Scholar4. WOLF A: Quinine: an effective form of treatment for myotonia, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1936, xxxvi, 382-383. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. SMITH WA: Quinine treatment of myotonia congenita, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cviii, 43. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. KENNEDYWOLF FA: Experiments with quinine and prostigmin in treatment of myotonia and myasthenia, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1937, xxxvii, 68-74. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. ALBANESE A: Lassezza ed incongruezze articolari nella miatonia congenita di Oppenheim: tentativi e possibilita di cure orthppediche, Pediat., 1936, xliv, 601-621. Google Scholar8. RICHTERLEVINE KPM: Sympathectomy in man; its effect on the electrical resistance of the skin, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1937, xxxviii, 756-760. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BING R: A textbook of nervous diseases, Rebman Co., p. 362. Google Scholar10. HOWELL WH: A text book of physiology, 1910, Saunders, Philadelphia, p. 843. Google Scholar11. THADDEA S: Infection and adrenal cortex, Klin. Wchnschr., 1935, xiv, 1275. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*Received for publication January 26, 1938.From the Neurological Service of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byContributions to the Symptomatology of Amyotonia Congenita (Infantile Spinal Muscular Atrophy). 1 February 1939Volume 12, Issue 8Page: 1382-1385KeywordsAdrenal cortex ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...