Cryoglobulinaemic neuropathy: A clinical, MORPHOLOGICAL and IMMUNOCY tochemical STUDY of 8 cases

Brain

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 541-552

  Nemni, Raffaello ^a   Corbo, Massimo ^a   Fazio, Raffaella ^a   Quattrini, Angelo ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Canal, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DEMYELINATION; HUMAN; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0023878203     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/111.3.541     Document Type: Article

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