High incidence of subclinical peripheral neuropathy in myelitis with hyperIgEaemia and mite antigen-specific IgE (atopic myelitis): An electrophysiological study

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 684-691

  Osoegawa, Manabu ^a   Ochi, Hirofumi ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Horiuchi, Izumi ^a   Murai, Hiroyuki ^a   Furuya, Hirokazu ^a   Tobimatsu, Shozo ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Axonal neuropathy; Compression neuropathy; Demyelinating neuropathy; Multiple sclerosis; Myelitis with hyperIgEaemia; Nerve conduction study

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA E; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MITE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0036744587     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.684     Document Type: Article

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