Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) presents in rare instances with focal or multifocal upper limb involvement. We reviewed the clinical and electromyographic (EMG) characteristics of 10 such patients (UL-CIDP) and compared them with patients with typical generalized CIDP (G-CID
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy complicating liver transplantation
β Scribed by Bruce V. Taylor; Dr Eelco F. M. Wijdicks; John J. Poterucha; Russel H. Weisner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 378 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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