The Siberian Scientific Medical Journal
 
 
№ 5 / 2015 / 32-40

Importance of computer thermosensometry in the diagnosis of sensory variant of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a pilot study

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Abstract

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the myelinopathies class. One of its main manifestations is an irregularity of the temperature sensitivity. Irregularity of the temperature sensitivity can be identified by computer thermosensometry. Computer thermosensometry can assess the condition of heat and cold sensitivity, pain thresholds of heat and cold. The most common symptoms of the temperature sensitivity disorders at CIDP are the dysesthesia to cold.

Key words

diagnosis, computer thermosensometry, sensory variant, thermoesthesia, heat pain, cold pain, cold dysesthesia, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
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About Authors (Correspondence):

Popova T.E. – candidate of medical sciences, associate professor of the department of medical genetics and clinical neurophysiology, e-mail: tata2504@yandex.ru

Shnayder N.A. – doctor of medical sciences, professor, head of the department of medical genetics and clinical neurophysiology, e-mail: naschnaider@yandex.ru

Petrova M.M. – doctor of medical science, professor, head of the department of outpatient therapy and family medicine with a course of postgraduate education, e-mail: stk99@yandex.ru

Nikolaeva T.Ya. – doctor of medical science, head of department of neurology and psychiatry, e-mail: tyanic@mail.ru

Gazenkampf K.A. – assistant of the department of medical genetics and clinical neurophysiology, e-mail: nerusss@mail.ru

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Received: 02/11/2015