Neuropathy with predominant small fiber involvement associated with abnormal anti-MAG titer

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2627-2629

  Luigetti, Marco ^a   Madia, Francesca ^a   Conte, Amelia ^a   Tonali, Pietro ^a,b   Sabatelli, Mario ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti MAG; Neuropathy; Skin biopsy; Sural nerve biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DULOXETINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G KAPPA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; PREGABALIN; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIMB PAIN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RECTUM BIOPSY; SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 78649790943     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.4200     Document Type: Article

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