Peripheral small fiber dysfunction and neuropathic pain in patients with Morvan syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 85, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 2076-2078

  Laurencin, Chloe ^a   Andre Obadia, Nathalie ^b   Camdessanche, Jean Philippe ^b,c,d   Mauguiere, François ^b,e   Ong, Elodie ^a   Vukusic, Sandra ^e,f   Peter Derex, Laure ^b   Meyronet, David ^g   Bouhour, Françoise ^b   Vial, Christophe ^b   Ducray, François ^b,d,e   Honnorat, Jerôme ^b,d,e   Petiot, Philippe ^a  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^d LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f Service de Neurologie A   (France)

^g HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPESTHESIA; INSOMNIA; MALE; METASTASIS RESECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORVAN SYNDROME; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOKYMIA; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STEROID THERAPY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPLICATION; MYELINATED NERVE; NEURALGIA; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 84949518066     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002037     Document Type: Article

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