Magnetic resonance imaging of the brachial plexus in patients with multifocal motor neuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1218-1224

  Van Es, H W ^a   Van Den Berg, L H ^b   Franssen, H ^b   Witkamp, T D ^b   Ramos, L M P ^b   Notermans, N C ^b   Feldberg, M A M ^b   Wokke, J H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030909432     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.5.1218     Document Type: Article

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