Ultrasonography shows extensive nerve enlargements in multifocal motor neuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 305-307

  Beekman, Roy ^a,b   Van Den Berg, L H ^a   Franssen, H ^a   Visser, L H ^c   Van Asseldonk, J T H ^a   Wokke, J H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE ENLARGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 22544468529     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000169179.67764.30     Document Type: Article

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