Ultrasonography of the peripheral nervous system in the early stage of Guillain-Barré syndrome

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 234-241

  Grimm, Alexander ^a   Décard, Bernhard F ^a   Axer, Hubertus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

demyelinating polyneuropathy; Guillain Barr syndrome; immune mediated neuropathy; nerve ultrasonography; vagal nerve

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ROOT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VAGUS NERVE; AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; SPINAL ROOT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; REGISTRIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84921466939     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jns.12091     Document Type: Article

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