Multifocal motor neuropathy

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 309-319

  Van Asseldonk, Jan Thies H ^a   Franssen, Hessel ^a   Van Den Berg Vos, Renske M ^a   Wokke, John H J ^a   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECZEMA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEOPLASM; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 17444421136     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(05)70074-0     Document Type: Review

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