Diaphragmatic dysfunction

Differential Diagnosis of Underlying Causes
In alphabetical order.


 * Alcohol abuse
 * Bochdalek hernia
 * Botulism
 * Brachial plexus neuritis
 * Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
 * Diabetes mellitus
 * Diaphragmatic agenesis
 * Diphtheria
 * Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
 * Eventration of the diaphragm
 * Guillain-Barre Syndrome
 * Iatrogenic
 * Idiopathic
 * Lead poisoning neuropathy
 * Measles
 * Metabolic myopathy
 * Morgagni hernia
 * Motor neuron disease
 * Myasthenia Gravis
 * Myotonic dystrophies
 * Nutritional neuropathy
 * Penetrating injuries
 * Poliomyelitis
 * Polymyositis
 * Spinal cord trauma
 * Syringomyelia
 * Tetanus
 * Trauma to the phrenic nerve
 * Traumatic rupture
 * Typhoid
 * Vasculitic neuropathy