The painful multiple mononeuropathy of acute onset in the left arm which was diagnosed as leprous neuropathy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 265-269

  Nakayama, Satoko ^a   Uesaka, Yoshikazu ^a   Kunimoto, Masanari ^a   Mikata, Takashi ^a   Shimizu, Jun ^a   Ishii, Norihisa ^a  

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Author keywords

Hansen's disease; Leprous neuropathy; Multiple mononeuropathy; Superficial radial nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; JAPAN; LEPROSY; LEPROUS NEUROPATHY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIGRANT WORKER; MONONEUROPATHY; MULTIPLE MONONEUROPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYANMAR; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PARESTHESIA; RADIAL NERVE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS;

EID: 0042471718     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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