Beneficial use of steroids in hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-186

  Heng, Hock S ^a,b   Tang, Shan S ^a   Goyal, Sushma ^c   Wraige, Elizabeth A ^a   Lim, Ming J ^a  

^a EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG USE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; GAIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITARY NEUROPATHY WITH LIABILITY TO PRESSURE PALSY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; TREATMENT DURATION; WASTING SYNDROME; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRESSURE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84855577547     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04131.x     Document Type: Article

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