Chronic steadily progressive central and peripheral predominantly motor demyelination, involving the cranial nerves, responsive to immunoglobulins

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-37

  Bentes, C ^a   De Carvalho, M ^a   De Sa J ^a   Sales Luis M L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mimicking disease; Central demyelination; Cranial nerve lesions; Magnetic stimulation; Peripheral demyelination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRANIAL NERVE; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; RELAPSE;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 0032931361     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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