A case of Hopkins syndrome with onset at puberty

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 452-455

  Okayama, Akira ^a   Hara, Hideo ^a   Shigeto, Hiroshi ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopy; Bronchial asthma; Hopkins syndrome; Mite; Poliomyelitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURAL NERVE; TENDON REFLEX; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MITES; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBERTY; SPINAL CORD; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032983843     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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