Inflammatory pathological changes in a 2-year-old boy with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Brain and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 258-260

  Nakai, Yoshiko ^a   Okumura, Akihisa ^a   Takada, Hiroyuki ^a   Negoro, Tamiko ^a   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^a   Hattori, Naoki ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth 1A; Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; Inflammatory histological changes

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; ONION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0035019376     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(01)00205-4     Document Type: Article

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