Bilateral brachial plexus neuritis following parvovirus B19 and cytomegalovirus infection

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 928-932

  Maas, J J ^a,b   Beersma, M F C ^b   Haan, J ^a,b   Jonkers, G J P M ^a   Kroes, A C M ^b  

^a RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRACHIALGIA; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; NEURITIS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN;

EID: 0030511894     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400618     Document Type: Article

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