Sural sparing in Guillain-Barré syndrome subtypes: A reappraisal with historical and recent definitions

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1683-1688

  Hiew, Fu Liong ^a   Rajabally, Yusuf A ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy; Axonal; Electrophysiology; Guillain Barr syndrome; Median; Radial; Sparing; Sural; Ulnar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURAL SPARING; AGED; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 84957968947     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.09.131     Document Type: Article

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