Electrodiagnostic and Clinical Aspects of Guillain-Barré Syndrome: An Analysis of 142 Cases

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 42-51

  Gupta, Deepak ^a   Nair, Muraleedharan ^a   Baheti, Neeraj N ^a   Sarma, Sankara P ^a   Abraham, Kuruvilla ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variance; Compound muscle action potential; Hand position; Interexaminer variance; Median nerve

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BRAIN PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; ALBUMINOID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE; CYTOLOGY; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEVER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEASLES; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEWBORN; PERONEUS NERVE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURAL NERVE; TENDON REFLEX; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049091752     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e31818e9510     Document Type: Article

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