Self-inflicted tourniquet paralysis mimicking acute demyelinating polyneuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 631-635

  Storm, S ^a   Weiss, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apotemnophilia; Conduction block; Demyelinating polyneuropathy; Tourniquet paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOTEMNOPHILIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; OBSESSION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TOURNIQUET; ACUTE DISEASE; AMPUTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMPUTATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; PARALYSIS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 0037407339     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10366     Document Type: Article

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