Multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy presenting as idiopathic hypertrophic brachial neuropathy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 674-675

  Simo M ^a   Casasnovas, C ^a   Martinez Yelamos S ^a   Martinez Matos J A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; GANGLIOSIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC BRACHIAL NEUROPATHY; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MULTIFOCAL ACQUIRED DEMYELINATING SENSORY AND MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HYPERTROPHY; HYPESTHESIA; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; HYPESTHESIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESTHESIA; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING;

EID: 66149118999     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.170597     Document Type: Article

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