Enlarged, multifocal upper limb neuropathy with HTLV-I associated myelopathy in a patient with chronic adult T-cell leukemia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 167-170

  Umehara, Fujio ^a   Hagiwara, Takaaki ^a   Yoshimura, Michiyoshi ^a   Higashi, Keiko ^a   Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

8FDG PET; Adult T cell leukemia; HTLV I; HTLV I associated myelopathy; Multifocal upper limb neuropathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE 8; GADOLINIUM 67; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MULTIFOCAL DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RASH; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROLYMPHOCYTIC, T-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 38749096994     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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