Electrophysiological studies in the Guillain-Barre syndrome: Distinguishing subtypes by published criteria

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1275-1279

  Alam, T Adnan ^a   Chaudhry, Vinay ^a   Cornblath, David R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Electrophysiology; Guillain Barre syndrome; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0031782236     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199810)21:10<1275::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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