Brachial plexopathy associated with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1026-1029

  Horowitz, Harold W ^a,c   Marks, Stephen J ^a   Weintraub, Michael ^a   Dumler, J Stephen ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029988555     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.4.1026     Document Type: Article

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