Deterioration of multifocal motor neuropathy after plasma exchange

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1480-1482

  Carpo, M ^b   Cappellari, A ^b   Mora, G ^b   Pedotti, R ^b   Barbieri, S ^b   Scarlato, G ^b   Nobile Orazio, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031815907     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.5.1480     Document Type: Article

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