Juvenile muscular atrophy of distal upper extremity associated with airway allergy: Two cases successfully treated by plasma exchange

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-114

  Ochi, Hirofumi ^a   Murai, Hiroyuki ^a   Osoegawa, Manabu ^a   Minohara, Motozumi ^a   Inaba, Shoichi ^b   Kira, Jun ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopy; Flexion myelopathy; Motor neuron; Muscle atrophy; Plasma exchange

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PLASMA EXCHANGE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037437652     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00277-0     Document Type: Article

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