Multifocal motor neuropathy: Diagnostic criteria that predict the response to immunoglobulin treatment

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 919-926

  Van Den Berg Vos, R M ^a   Franssen, H ^a   Wokke, J H J ^a   Van Es, H W ^b   Van Den Berg, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GM1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE BLOCK; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033673058     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200012)48:6<919::AID-ANA13>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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