Painful small-fibre multifocal mononeuropathy and local myositis following influenza B infection

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-106

  Kaida, Ken Ichi ^a   Kamakura, Keiko ^a   Masaki, Toshihiro ^a   Okano, Masamichi ^a   Nagata, Naokazu ^a   Inoue, Kiyoharu ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ganglionopathy; Influenza B; Multifocal mononeuropathy; Neuralgic amyotrophy; Small fibre neuropathy; Sural nerve biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOSITIS; NERVE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION; SURAL NERVE;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURALGIA;

EID: 0030959810     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00085-3     Document Type: Article

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