Multiple enlarged nerves on neurosonography: An unusual paraneoplastic case

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 756-757

  Leypoldt, Frank ^a   Friese, Manuel A ^a   Böhm, Josef ^b   Bäumer, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Neurologische Klinik Kreiskrankenhaus Freiberg gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; Mononeuritis multiplex; Multifocal hypertrophic neuropathy; Nerve ultrasound; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

HU ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MUSCLE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; NECK PAIN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RADICULOPATHY; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SMOKING; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 79955571078     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22010     Document Type: Article

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