Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
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What is Multifocal Motor Neuropathy?
Is there any treatment?
What is the prognosis?
What research is being done?
Organizations
What is Multifocal Motor Neuropathy?
Multifocal motor neuropathy is a progressive muscle disorder characterized by muscle weakness in the hands, with differences
from one side of the body to the other in the specific muscles involved. It affects men much more than women. Symptoms also
include muscle wasting, cramping, and involuntary contractions or twitching of the leg muscles. The disorder is sometimes
mistaken for amyotrophic laterial sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) but unlike ALS, it is treatable. An early and accurate
diagnosis allows patients to recover quickly.
Is there any treatment?
What is the prognosis?
What research is being done?
Select this link to view a list of studies currently seeking patients.
Neuropathy Association 60 East 42nd Street Suite 942 New York, NY 10165-0999 info@neuropathy.org http://www.neuropathy.org Tel: 212-692-0662 Fax: 212-692-0668 |
American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) P.O. Box 850 Rocklin, CA 95677-0850 ACPA@pacbell.net http://www.theacpa.org Tel: 916-632-0922 800-533-3231 Fax: 916-632-3208 |
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Last updated February 13, 2007