Nerve sonography to detect peripheral nerve involvement in vasculitis syndromes

Neurology: Clinical Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 293-303

  Stephan Goedee, H ^a   Ludo Van Der Pol, W ^a   Van Asseldonk, Jan Thies H ^b   Vrancken, Alexander F J E ^a   Notermans, Nicolette C ^a   Visser, Leo H ^b   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE ENLARGEMENT; NERVE SONOGRAPHY; NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURAL NERVE; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULITIC NEUROPATHY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84982315592     PISSN: 21630402     EISSN: 21630933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000258     Document Type: Article

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