Tremor associated with benign IgM paraproteinaemic neuropathy

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 789-799

  Bain, P G ^a,c   Britton, T C ^a   Jenkins, I H ^b   Thompson, P D ^a   Rothwell, J C ^a   Thomas, P K ^b   Brooks, D J ^b   Marsden, C D ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neuropathy; Paraprotein; Tremor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR; WRIST;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; TREMOR; WRIST;

EID: 0029971944     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.3.789     Document Type: Article

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