MRI findings and steroid therapy for neuralgic amyotrophy in children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-202

  Yamada, Keitaro ^a   Mano, Toshiyuki ^a   Toribe, Yasuhisa ^a   Yanagihara, Keiko ^a   Suzuki, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCIATIC NERVE; SEIZURE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STEROID THERAPY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARALYSIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 80051499561     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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