Acute axonal polyneuropathy with predominant proximal involvement: An uncommon neurological complication of bariatric surgery

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 3 A, 2006, Pages 609-612

  Machado, Flavia Costa Nunes ^a,b   Valério, Berenice Cataldo Oliveira ^a   Morgulis, Roberto Naun Franco ^a   Nunes, Karlo Faria ^a   Mazzali Verst, Sílvia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Neurological complications; Polyneuropathy; Vitamin supplementation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OBESITY; POLYNEUROPATHY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; MORBID OBESITY; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AXONS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 33749537871     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000400017     Document Type: Article

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