Acta Neurol. Scandinav. 53, 237-240, 1976

Department of Neurology, Rikshospitalet, National Hospital of Norway, University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. BASAL METABOLIC RATE IN PATIENTS WITH HYDROCEPHALUS

On the Cause of Lowered Basal Metabolic Rate in Mtjotonic Dgstrophg

Iuar Hidle and Ottar Sjaastad ABSTRACT Myotonic dystrophy seems to have a hypometabolism of non-thyroid origin. The hypometabolism could hypothetically be caused by : 1 ) reduction in muscle mass, 2) hydrocephalus ex uacuo, an integral part of the disorder, or 3 ) the basic disease process itself. Possibility 2 ) was explored by determining basal metabolic rate (BMR) in 41 patients with dilatation. A BMR of - 10 per cent was found in eight cases. The ventricles were categorized in three groups according to width. No decrease i n mean BMR was found i n cases with a marked ventricular enlargement. Thus, ventricular dilatation p e r se does not seem to lead to hypometabolism.

Basal metabolic rate in patients with hydrocephalus. On the cause of lowered basal metabolic rate in myotonic dystrophy.

Myotonic dystrophy seems to have a hypometabolism of non-thyroid origin. The hypometabolism could hypothetically be caused by : 1) reduction in muscle...
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