Quantitative grip force assessment of muscular weakness in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Abstract Background In patients suffering from Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) disease severity is assessed by Medical Research Counsil (MRC) Scale or Inflammatory Neuropathy Cause and Treatment (INCAT) disability score. However, none of these methods is appropriate to objec...

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Main Authors: Juliane Klehmet, Svenja Beutner, Sarah Hoffmann, Matthias Dornauer, Friedemann Paul, Ralf Reilmann, Alexander U. Brandt, Andreas Meisel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Neurology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-019-1339-x