Natural history of 46 patients with multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 900-908

  Taylor, Bruce V ^a   Wright, R Alan ^a   Harper, C Michel ^a   Dyck, Peter J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnostic characteristics; Longitudinal changes; Multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block (MMN CB); Natural history; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0034130427     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200006)23:6<900::AID-MUS9>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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