@article{ref1,
title="Neurologic evaluations of patients exposed to the World Trade Center disaster",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2016",
author="Stecker, Mark M. and Yu, Huiying and Barlev, Renee and Marmor, Michael and Wilkenfeld, Marc",
volume="58",
number="11",
pages="1150-1154",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical phenotype of a limited group of responders and survivors of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster who were referred for the evaluation of neuropathic symptoms. <br><br>METHODS: Sixteen patients with WTC exposure were referred to a neurologist for evaluation. All had a neurologic examination. Most had electromyogram and nerve conduction testing/nerve conduction studies as well as appropriate imaging and blood tests. <br><br>RESULTS: There was a higher probability of a neuropathy diagnosis in WTC-exposed patients than other patients referred for EMG testing. Two WTC-exposed patients had motor neuron disease and not neuropathy. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study provides objective evidence of neuropathy in a relatively high fraction of WTC-exposed patients with neuropathic symptoms. It also emphasizes that the scope of neurologic problems following WTC exposure may include other diagnoses such as motor neuron disease.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000000889",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000889"
}