Childhood chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathies: Clinical course and long-term follow-up

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 98-102

  Nevo, Yoram ^a   Pestronk, Alan ^a,d   Kornberg, Andrew J ^b   Connolly, Anne M ^a   Yee, Woon Chee ^a   Iqbal, Imran ^c   Shield, Lloyd K ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NISHTAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^d Box 8111 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; WALKING;

EID: 0030056695     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.1.98     Document Type: Article

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