Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability (PNH): clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability (PNH): clinical features. The average onset age is in the 5th decade. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Onset features
- The average onset age is in the 5th decade
- The onset age may be as young as 9 years
Exercise-induced hyperexcitability symptoms
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Other muscle features
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Sensory features
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Central features
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Psychiatric features
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References
- Hart IK, Maddison P, Newsome-Davis J, Vincent A, Mills KR. Phenotypic variants of autoimmune peripheral nerve hyperexcitability. Brain 2002; 125:1887-1895.
- Rubio-Agusti I, Perez-Miralles F, Sevilla T, et al. Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability: a clinical and immunological study of 38 patients. Neurology 2011; 76:172-178.
- Camelo CG, Silva AMS, Moreno CAM, et al. Facial myokymia in inherited peripheral nerve hyperexcitability syndrome. Pract Neurol 2020; 20:253-255.
