Letter to the editor referring to "peripheral nerve hypertrophy in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy detected by ultrasonography"

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2049-

  Granata, Giuseppe ^a,b   Pazzaglia, Costanza ^a,b   Caliandro, Pietro ^a,b   Martinoli, Carlo ^c   Padua, Luca ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CIDP; Conduction block; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVE HYPERTROPHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING;

EID: 73449128985     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2441     Document Type: Letter

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