Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma presenting as miller fisher syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-143

  Usmani, Nida ^a   Bhatia, Rita ^a   Ikpatt, Offiong F ^a   Sharma, Khema R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Demyelinating neuropathy; Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Miller fisher syndrome

Indexed keywords

PERIPHERAL MYELIN PROTEIN 22;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; HEREDITARY NEUROPATHY WITH LIABILITY TO PRESSURE PALSY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NEUROPATHY; PARALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; NEURAL CONDUCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84555186962     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22223     Document Type: Article

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