Persistent multifocal pseudo-conduction blocks in vasculitic neuropathy without antiganglioside antibodies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 290-293

  Ahdab, Rechdi ^a   Michel, Marc ^a   Neves, Danusa O ^a   Andre, Chantal ^a   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Conduction block; Neuropathy; Temporal dispersion; Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDIAN NERVE; MONONEUROPATHY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL NERVE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 67749147368     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21337     Document Type: Article

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