Diagnostic work-up in peripheral neuropathy: An analysis of 171 cases

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 890, 1999, Pages 723-727

  Lubec, Doris ^a   Müllbacher, Wolf ^a   Finsterer, Josef ^a,b   Mamoli, Bruno ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Electrophysiology; Neuromuscular disorders; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032735552     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.890.723     Document Type: Article

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