Bilateral isolated phrenic neuropathy causing painless bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1499-1501

  Lin, P T ^a   Andersson, P B ^a   Distad, B J ^c   Barohn, R J ^d   Cho, S C ^a   So, Y T ^a   Katz, J S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENERVATION; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PHRENIC NERVE; PHRENIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27644523602     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000183150.97425.55     Document Type: Article

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