Demyelinating changes in sural nerve biopsy of patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy

Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 1263-1266

  Sugimura, K ^a   Takahashi, A ^a   Watanabe, M ^b   Mano, K ^b   Watanabe, H ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURAL NERVE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AXONS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGE; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SPINAL NERVES; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0025124932     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.40.8.1263     Document Type: Article

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