Ultrasound differentiation of axonal and demyelinating neuropathies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 976-983

  Grimm, Alexander ^a,b   Heiling, Bianka ^a   Schumacher, Ulrike ^a   Witte, Otto W ^a   Axer, Hubertus ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axonal polyneuropathy; Cross sectional area; Demyelinating polyneuropathy; Nerve ultrasound; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT AXONAL NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT AXONAL NEUROPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84906866165     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24238     Document Type: Article

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