Nerve biopsy in children with severe Guillain-Barre syndrome and inexcitable motor nerves

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 394-398

  Massaro, M E ^b   Rodriguez, E C ^b   Pociecha, J ^b   Arroyo, H A ^b   Sacolitti, M ^b   Taratuto, A L ^b   Fejerman, N ^b   Reisin, R C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Department of Neurology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATION; DISABILITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0031753139     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.2.394     Document Type: Article

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