Steroid-responsive demyelinating motor neuropathy with conduction block associated with hepatitis C infection and treatment with interferon alpha

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-354

  Couto, Marina ^a   Conceição, Isabel ^a,b   De Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOÃO LOBO ANTUNES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 33750904606     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2006.00108.x     Document Type: Letter

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