Motor nerve biopsy studies in motor neuropathy and motor neuron disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-21

  Corbo, Massimo ^a   Abouzahr, M Kamel ^b   Latov, Norman ^b   Iannaccone, Sandro ^a   Quattrini, Angelo ^a   Nemni, Raffaello ^a   Canal, Nicola ^a   Hays, Arthur P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; anti GM1 antibodies; motor neuron disease; motor neuropathy; nerve biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELINATION; NERVE BIOPSY; OBTURATOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 0031015010     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199701)20:1<15::AID-MUS2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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