Critical illness polyneuropathy, facts and controversies

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-33

  Leijten, Frans S S ^a,b   De Weerd, Al W ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYNEUROPATHY; REVIEW;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 0030307617     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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