Lewis-Sumner syndrome of pure upper-limb onset: Diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic features

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-220

  Rajabally, Yusuf A ^a   Chavada, Govindsinh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; Lewis Sumner syndrome; Multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy; Multifocal motor neuropathy; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GM1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEWIS SUMNER SYNDROME; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GALACTOSIDASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549104609     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21199     Document Type: Article

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