Distinctive abnormalities of motor axonal strength-duration properties in multifocal motor neuropathy and in motor neurone disease

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2481-2490

  Priori, A ^a   Cinnante, C ^a   Pesenti, A ^a   Carpo, M ^a   Cappellari, A ^a   Nobile Orazio, E ^a   Scarlato, G ^a   Barbieri, S ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor axons; Motor neurone disease; Multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block; Rheobase; Time constant

Indexed keywords

IG VENA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; TIME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0036844866     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf255     Document Type: Article

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