The review provides an update on the diagnosis of the main subtypes of inflammatory myopathies. Proper choice of biopsied muscle and histological methods of investigation are presented. Histochemical and immunohistochemical characteristic of tissue markers in inflammatory myopathies are given. Some dilemmas, as well as the most common errors of histological diagnostics are discussed.

A hereditary disorders of the nervous system is one of the largest group of human monogenic disorders with high-grade genetic heterogeneity and clinical polymorphism. The main types of genetic heterogeneity and their possible causes are explained by giving typical examples of different nosological forms. The basic problems and feasible solution of medico-genetic counseling and education of high-risk families in case of genetic heterogeneity are discussed.

Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare symptom of multiple sclerosis affecting the disability. Multiple sclerosis related trigeminal neuralgia has been attributed to a demyelinating lesion in the pons. When the adequate pain drug-relieve therapy is not possible or when the patient becomes refractory to the treatment or can not continue pharmacological treatment because of the side effects, surgical intervention, including percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy is being discussed. Literature review and the data upon the efficiency and safety of this neurosurgical treatment in 16 patients with multiple sclerosis have been analyzed. Percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy has been proved to be a safe, reproducible and effective method of the symptomatic surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia in patients with multiple sclerosis in cases of the intolerance/inefficiency of the pharmacological therapy.

The NISLL scale and 7 electrophysiological tests were used to diagnose distal symmetric sensorimotor polyneuropathy in 120 inpatients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The high rate (68.3%) of symptomatic or subclinical polyneuropathy was found. The duration of metabolic disturbances rather than short-term fluctuations in glycemia in terms of HbA1c levels was shown to mainly affect the degree of polyneuropathy in the patients of this group. The additional risk factors of polyneuropathy were retinopathy, smoking or hyperlipidemia.

Along with the inspection of acoustical cortex and brainstem EP in neurologic, otoneurologic and audiologic practice recently start to use so-called vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP). It is shown, that at ear stimulation by a loud sound and record of sterno-cleidomastoid contraction is possible to estimate function of the inferior vestibular nerve and vestibulospinal pathways, a sacculo-cervical reflex. In article some methodical and clinical questions of application of these kinds are presented. Combine research acoustic brainstem EP and VEMP allows to confirm effectively lesions of acoustical and vestibular ways at brainstem. The conclusion becomes, that this kind of inspection is important for revealing demielinisation and defeats in vestibulospinal tract, that quite often happens at MS, and at estimation of efficiency of treatment

Hereditary neuropathy Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) is the most common form of hereditary polyneuropathies. Goal of the study was the development of evidence-based diagnostic and treatment algorithms using patients with CMT (for example, in Krasnoyarsk Territory).

Materials and methods: A total of 324 people. (probands and their relatives 1 and 2 lines of kinship). We analyzed 125 (38,5 %) clinical cases of CMT, 64/125 (51,2 %) clinical cases were include to statistical analysis (probands and their family trees, past the full range of clinical and laboratory findings according to the protocol this study). Age ranged from 6 to 81 years, median age — 30,5 years, including women 24 (37,5 %), median age — 33,5 years; males 40 (62,5 %), median age — 28,5 years. Methods of diagnosis: clinical, genetic, neurophysiological, molecular genetic, assessment of quality of life assessment of anxiety and depression.

Results: The family history of CMT noted in 53/57 (93,0 %) cases, with a predominance of autosomal dominant type of inheritance —
52 (91,2 %) cases. As a result of DNA testing duplication of peripheral myelin protein gene (RMR22) on chromosome 17, held 34 survey, this mutation was found in 17 (50,0 %) patients. Modified method of computer esthesiometry for CMT diagnosis using domestic diagnostic equipment “Vibrotester-MBN” BT-02-1 has a high sensitivity in the early stages of the disease and can be recommended for more widespread adoption of on par with other subjects of the Russian Federation.