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How can we pick up undiagnosed multifocal motor neuropathy patients?
Author(s) -
Kanda Takashi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical and experimental neuroimmunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 1759-1961
DOI - 10.1111/cen3.12043
Subject(s) - multifocal motor neuropathy , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , diagnostic test , pediatrics , psychiatry , electroencephalography , mismatch negativity
Abstract As multifocal motor neuropathy is a treatable disorder lacking in easily available clinical markers, the establishment of diagnostic criteria of high sensitivity with acceptable specificity is eagerly awaited. Based on a nationwide survey in Japan, novel diagnostic criteria have been proposed in the present article.