Brachial plexopathy

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-18

  Khadilkar, Satish V ^a,b   Khade, Snehaldatta S ^a  

^a SIR J J GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (India)

^b BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy; Myokymic discharges; Neurography; Pancoast tumor; Plexopathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; SEPTIN;

ANALGESIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC BRACHIAL NEURITIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIMB WEAKNESS; METASTATIC BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INDUCED BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; TRAUMATIC BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY;

EID: 84875728607     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.107675     Document Type: Article

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