Guillain-Barré syndrome or "new" Chinese paralytic syndrome in Northern China?

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-109

  Tang, X F ^a   Zhang, X J ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Axonal degeneration; Guillain Barr syndrome; Magnetic motor evoked potentials; Nerve demyelination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NOMENCLATURE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INFANT; MAGNETISM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030116471     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(95)00236-E     Document Type: Article

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