[Pathogenesis and treatment of neural amyotrophy]

Examination of 214 patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth muscular atrophy involved the use of thermography, rheovasography, electrothermometry, capillaroscopy, EEG and vegetative tests. The authors identified the most informative methods of early diagnosis and proposed a new method of therapy (electrophoresis with benzohexamethonium on the vegetative ganglia in combination with trental administration).