Nerve ultrasound in a case of chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-446

  Kerasnoudis, Antonios ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; CIDP; Conduction block; Immune mediated neuropathies; Nerve hypertrophy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL ROOT;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERONEAL NERVE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING; RADIAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84874226957     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23624     Document Type: Article

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