Partial but rapid recovery from paralysis after immunomodulation during early stage of neuralgic amyotrophy [3]

European Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-229

  Nakajima, Masashi ^a   Fujioka, Shinsuke ^a   Ohno, Hideki ^a   Iwamoto, Kohnosuke ^a  

^a TOKYO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEURALGIA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARALYSIS;

EID: 33746821390     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093875     Document Type: Article

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