Slowly progressive distal muscular atrophy of the bilateral upper limbs (O'Sullivan-McLeod syndrome) partially alleviated by intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 515-518

  Kawano, Yuji ^a   Nagara, Yuko ^a   Murai, Hiroyuki ^a   Kikuchi, Hitoshi ^a   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; IgE; Motor neuron disease; O'Sullivan McLeod syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; EVOKED RESPONSE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; O SULLIVAN MCLEOD SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ARM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SYNDROME;

EID: 34247341430     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6221     Document Type: Article

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