Brucella: A cause of peripheral neuropathy

European Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-38

  Kutlu, Gulnihal ^a   Ertem, Gunay Tuncer ^b   Coskun, Ozlem ^a   Ergun, Ufuk ^a   Gomceli, Yasemin B ^a   Tulek, Necla ^b   Inan, Levent Ertugrul ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Neurological involvement; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXONAL SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NEEDLE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; BRUCELLA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 54249089357     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000165347     Document Type: Article

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