A case of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A with increased cerebrospinal fluid proteins and nerve root hypertrophy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 419-421

  Ishigami, Noriko ^a   Kondo, Masaki ^a   Nakagawa, Masanori ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CMT1A; High CSF proteins; Nerve root hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

PERIPHERAL MYELIN PROTEIN 22;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ROOT LESION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

EID: 51149087257     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.48.419     Document Type: Article

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