Vasculitic neuropathy - Electrodiagnostic findings and association with malignancies

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 432-436

  Zivkovic S A ^a,b,c   Ascherman, D ^b   Lacomis, D ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Malignancy; Neuropathy; Paraneoplastic; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; BIOPSY; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEOPLASMS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 34248675505     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00781.x     Document Type: Review

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