Steroid-responsive multifocal demyelinating neuropathy with central involvement

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 262-265

  Liguori, Rocco ^a   Rizzi, Romana ^a   Vetrugno, Roberto ^a   Salvi, Fabrizio ^b   Lugaresi, Alessandra ^c   Cevoli, Sabina ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Clinicizzato   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demyelinating neuropathy; Electrophysiological studies; Motor and sensory conduction blocks; Multifocal; Steroid treatment

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE;

EID: 0032938920     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199902)22:2<262::AID-MUS16>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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