The Peripheral Nerve Involvement of Spinal Cord, Spinal Roots, and Meningeal Disease

Peripheral Neuropathy

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1295-1322

  Klein, Caroline M ^a   Wang, Annabel K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-9491-7.50056-9     Document Type: Chapter

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