Acquired idiopathic laryngeal paralysis as a prominent feature of generalised neuromuscular disease in 39 dogs. Academic Article

abstract

• A retrospective evaluation of 17 dogs treated surgically for idiopathic acquired laryngeal paralysis demonstrated a marked variability in outcome, with many dogs continuing to exhibit weakness and exercise tolerance. In a subsequent prospective study, 22 consecutive affected dogs were tested for neurological deficits by neurological examination, electrodiagnostic evaluation, and blood analysis to measure thyroxine and thyroid-stimulating hormone and to detect any evidence of myasthenia gravis. Clinical neurological deficits and/or electrodiagnostic abnormalities were found in each case. There was limited evidence that specific neurological deficits were associated with a poor prognosis for full recovery of exercise tolerance. None of the dogs was positive for anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies, and only three showed evidence of thyroid dysfunction.

authors

• Jeffery, Nicholas

published proceedings

• Vet Rec

author list (cited authors)

• Jeffery, N. D., Talbot, C. E., Smith, P. M., & Bacon, N. J.

citation count

• 47

complete list of authors

• Jeffery, ND||Talbot, CE||Smith, PM||Bacon, NJ

publication date

• January 2006

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• The Veterinary Record  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Dog Diseases
• Dogs
• Electrodiagnosis
• Female
• Male
• Neural Conduction
• Neurologic Examination
• Neuromuscular Diseases
• Prospective Studies
• Retrospective Studies
• Tibial Nerve
• Ulnar Nerve
• Vocal Cord Paralysis

PubMed Central ID

• 16400098

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1136/vr.158.1.17

start page

• 17

end page

• 21

volume

• 158

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.158.1.17