Sural sparing pattern discriminates Guillain-Barré syndrome from its mimics

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 780-784

  Derksen, Angelika ^a   Ritter, Christian ^b,c   Athar, Parveen ^d   Kieseier, Bernd C ^a   Mancias, Pedro ^d   Hartung, Hans Peter ^a   Sheikh, Kazim A ^d   Lehmann, Helmar C ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; GBS; Guillain Barr syndrome; Misdiagnosis; Nerve conduction studies; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURAL NERVE; VERY ELDERLY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921528654     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24226     Document Type: Article

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