Aaem case report #30: Multifocal motor neuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 269-276

  Parry, Gareth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction block; Gamma globulin; GM1 antibodies; Inflammatory demyelination; Multifocal motor neuropathy

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0030049718     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199603)19:3<269::AID-MUS1>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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