Electrophysiologic findings in multifocal motor neuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 700-707

  Katz, J S ^a   Wolfe, G I ^a   Bryan, W W ^a   Jackson, C E ^b   Amato, A A ^b   Barohn, Richard J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0030891528     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.3.700     Document Type: Article

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