Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for idiopathic postoperative lumbosacral plexopathy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-315

  Park, Dong Hyuk ^a   Park, Youn Kwan ^a   Kim, Joo Han ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intravenous immunoglobulin; Lumbosacral plexus neuropathy; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEPREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG MUSCLE; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXOPATHY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; RELAPSE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17844382674     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.05.014     Document Type: Article

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