Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in a patient with hyperIgEaemia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 89-93

  Kimura, A ^a   Yoshino, H ^b   Yuasa, T ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b National Center for Global Health and Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic myelitis; Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP); IgE; Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg); Mite antigen; Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN)

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOREFLEXIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; PARESTHESIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 15944416454     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.12.012     Document Type: Article

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