Serial electrodiagnostic studies increase the diagnostic yield of axonal Guillain-Barré syndrome

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 210-212

  Tsang, T Y Y ^a   Umapathi, T ^b   Yuki, N ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; ACUTE MOTOR AXONAL NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LETTER; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PERONEUS NERVE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSIBLE CONDUCTION FAILURE; SENSORY NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 84871414200     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.05.023     Document Type: Letter

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