Motor-axonal polyneuropathy associated with hepatitis C virus

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-185

  Costa, J ^a   Resende, C ^a   De Carvalho, Mamede ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Axonal polyneuropathy; Hepatitis C virus; Motor polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE FIBER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 0037337999     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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