Neuralgic amyotrophy with phrenic nerve involvement

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-442

  Lahrmann, Heinz ^a   Grisold, Wolfgang ^a   Authier, F Jér̂me ^b   Zifko, Udo A ^a,c  

^a KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Rehabilitationszentrum   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Dyspnea; Idiopathic brachial neuritis; Neuralgic amyotrophy; Phrenic nerve; Transdiaphragmatic pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOME; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHRENIC NERVE;

EID: 0032915717     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199904)22:4<437::AID-MUS2>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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