Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 290, Issue 1 , Pages 112-114 , 15 March 2010

Prominent cauda equina involvement in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

  • Hideyuki Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 5800 8672; fax: +81 3 5800 6548.
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  • Ritsuko Hanajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yasuo Terao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan
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  • Akihiro Yugeta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan
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  • Masashi Hamada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yuichiro Shirota

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan
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  • Shinya Ohminami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan
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  • Setsu Nakatani-Enomoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Japan
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  • Shoji Tsuji

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yoshikazu Ugawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Japan

Received 10 August 2009 ,Accepted 13 October 2009.

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PII: S0022-510X(09)00910-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.10.014

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 290, Issue 1 , Pages 112-114 , 15 March 2010

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