Muscle hypertrophy in multifocal motor neuropathy is associated with continuous motor unit activity

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 479-485

  O'Leary, Colin P ^a   Mann, A Cameron ^a   Lough, Jane ^a   Willison, Hugh J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conduction block; continuous motor unit activity; human immune globulin; multifocal motor neuropathy; muscle hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0030938043     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199704)20:4<479::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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