Spinal nerve root hypertrophy on MRI: Clinical significance in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2019-2024

  Tazawa, Ko Ichi ^a   Matsuda, Msayuki ^a   Yoshida, Takuhiro ^a   Shimojima, Yasuhiro ^a   Gono, Takahisa ^a   Morita, Hiroshi ^a   Kaneko, Tomoki ^a   Ueda, Hitoshi ^a   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP); F wave; Hypertrophy; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Spinal nerve root

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL ROOT HYPERTROPHY; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849089415     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1272     Document Type: Article

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