Chronic demyelinating hypertrophic brachial plexus neuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-288

  Van Den Bergh, Peter Y K ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a   Duprez, Thierry ^a   Laterre, E Christian ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assessment of hand function; Hypertrophic brachial plexus neuropathy; Local chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0033978422     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200002)23:2<283::AID-MUS23>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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