Different patterns of nerve enlargement in polyneuropathy subtypes as detected by ultrasonography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1138-1145

  Scheidl, Erika ^a   Böhm, Josef ^b   Simó, Magdolna ^a   Bereznai, Benjamin ^a   Bereczki, Dániel ^a   Arányi, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Freiberg County Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axonal polyneuropathy; Cross sectional area; Demyelinating polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; HEALTHY CONTROLS; HIGH-RESOLUTION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; ROOT SEGMENTS; SIMILAR DEGREE;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXONAL POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NERVE SIZE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; AGED; ARM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INNERVATION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL ROOT; TRANSDUCER;

AGED; ARM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84899946219     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.12.020     Document Type: Article

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