A case of neuralgic amyotrophy in the lower extremity (Lumbosacral Radiculoplexus Neuropathy)

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 435-438

  Takata, Yukiko ^a   Noda, Kazuyuki ^a   Fujishima, Kenji ^a   Hattori, Nobutaka ^b   Mizuno, Yoshikuni ^b   Okuma, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Elderly; Lumbosacral plexus neuropathy; Neuralgic amyotrophy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPLEXUS NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEURALGIA; NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY;

AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 34247338076     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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