Cryoglobulinaemic neuropathy manifesting with restless legs syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 218-223

  Gemignani, Franco ^a   Marbini, Adriana ^a   Di Giovanni, Guido ^a   Salih, Sultan ^a   Margarito, Francesco P ^a   Pavesi, Giovanni ^a   Terzano, Mario Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinaemic neuropathy; Restless legs syndrome; Sensory neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0030690122     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00187-1     Document Type: Article

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