McComas A J, Sica R E, McNabb A R, Goldberg W M, Upton A R
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1974 May;37(5):548-58. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.37.5.548.
Motor unit estimating techniques have been employed as part of a comprehensive electrophysiological survey of peripheral nerve and muscle in 20 patients with thyrotoxicosis. In all patients there was evidence of a loss of operational motor units; the selective nature of this involvement suggested that the motoneurone soma was the site of the primary lesion. The reversible nature of the postulated motoneurone dysfunction was demonstrated by the increased motor unit counts in six patients who were studied again after treatment of their thyrotoxicosis.
运动单位估计技术已被用于对20例甲状腺毒症患者的周围神经和肌肉进行全面的电生理检查。所有患者均有有效运动单位减少的证据；这种受累的选择性表明运动神经元胞体是原发性病变的部位。6例甲状腺毒症患者在治疗后再次接受检查，其运动单位计数增加，证明了假定的运动神经元功能障碍的可逆性。
