Segmental zoster paresis of limbs

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 369-375

  Merchut, M P ^b   Gruener, G ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpes zoster; Neuropathy; Paresis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; PARESIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0029797404     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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