A case of Lewis-Sumner syndrome with conduction abnormalities only in the brachial plexus and roots

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-493

  Dionne, Annie ^a   Brunet, Denis ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachial plexopathy; Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy; CIDP variant; Lewis Sumner syndrome; MADSAM; Multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GM1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEWIS SUMNER SYNDROME; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SYNDROME; THORAX;

EID: 33749411961     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20553     Document Type: Article

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