Noteworthy Cases
A Bodybuilder With Weak Hands and Feet: Corticosteroid-Responsive Pure Motor Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy Following Anabolic Steroid Use
Raffi Topakian MD,
Raffi Topakian MD
Department of Neurology, Academic Teaching Hospital Wels‒Grieskirchen, Wels, Austria
Search for more papers by this author Karl Stieglbauer MD,
Karl Stieglbauer MD
Consultant neurologist in private practice, Linz, Austria
Search for more papers by this author Thomas Wolfsegger PhD,
Thomas Wolfsegger PhD
Department of Neurology, Neuromed Campus, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
Search for more papers by this author Robert Pichler MD, PhD,
Robert Pichler MD, PhD
Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Neuromed Campus, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
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Raffi Topakian MD,
Raffi Topakian MD
Department of Neurology, Academic Teaching Hospital Wels‒Grieskirchen, Wels, Austria
Search for more papers by this author Karl Stieglbauer MD,
Karl Stieglbauer MD
Consultant neurologist in private practice, Linz, Austria
Search for more papers by this author Thomas Wolfsegger PhD,
Thomas Wolfsegger PhD
Department of Neurology, Neuromed Campus, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
Search for more papers by this author Robert Pichler MD, PhD,
Robert Pichler MD, PhD
Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Neuromed Campus, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
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First published: 20 July 2016
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