Nerve ultrasound in CIDP: Poly-parameters for polyneuropathies

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-4

  Hobson Webb, Lisa D ^a   Cartwright, Michael S ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SURAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84890200507     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.08.012     Document Type: Editorial

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