Are multifocal motor neuropathy patients underdiagnosed? An epidemiological survey in Japan

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 357-361

  Miyashiro, Ai ^a   Matsui, Naoko ^a   Shimatani, Yoshimitsu ^a   Nodera, Hiroyuki ^a   Izumi, Yuishin ^a   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^b   Imai, Tomihiro ^b   Baba, Masayuki ^b   Komori, Tetsuo ^b   Sonoo, Masahiro ^b   Mezaki, Takahiro ^b   Kawamata, Jun ^b   Hitomi, Takefumi ^b   Kohara, Nobuo ^b   Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^b   Hashimoto, Shuji ^c   Arisawa, Kokichi ^a   Kusunoki, Susumu ^d   Kaji, Ryuji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Japanese Multifocal Motor Neuropathy Study Group   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Conduction block; Diagnosis; Multifocal motor neuropathy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893935930     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23930     Document Type: Article

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