Nitrous-oxide-induced polyneuropathy and subacute combined degeneration of the spine: clinical and diagnostic characteristics in 70 patients, with focus on electrodiagnostic studies.

electrodiagnostic studies nitrous oxide polyneuropathy subacute combined degeneration of the spine

Journal

European journal of neurology
ISSN: 1468-1331
Titre abrégé: Eur J Neurol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9506311

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jan 2024
Historique:
revised: 04 09 2023
received: 13 05 2023
accepted: 11 09 2023
pubmed: 27 9 2023
medline: 27 9 2023
entrez: 27 9 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Nitrous oxide (N Patients with neurological sequelae due to N Seventy patients (median 22 years) were included. Median N Nitrous oxide (N

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OBJECTIVE
Nitrous oxide (N
METHODS METHODS
Patients with neurological sequelae due to N
RESULTS RESULTS
Seventy patients (median 22 years) were included. Median N
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Nitrous oxide (N

Identifiants

pubmed: 37754673
doi: 10.1111/ene.16076
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e16076

Informations de copyright

© 2023 The Authors. European Journal of Neurology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Academy of Neurology.

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Auteurs

L T Hassing (LT)

HagaZiekenhuis, Department of Neurology, The Hague, The Netherlands.

F Y Jiang (FY)

HagaZiekenhuis, Department of Radiology, The Hague, The Netherlands.

R Zutt (R)

HagaZiekenhuis, Department of Neurology, The Hague, The Netherlands.

S Arends (S)

HagaZiekenhuis, Department of Neurology, The Hague, The Netherlands.

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