A case of rheumatoid factor-positive pachymeningitis

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 735-739

  Nishikawa, Misao ^a   Sakamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Kishi, Hiroshige ^a   Yasui, Toshihiro ^a   Komiyama, Masaki ^a   Iwai, Yoshiyasu ^a   Kitano, Syouhei ^a   Yamanaka, Kazuhiro ^a   Izumi, Toru ^a   Ikeda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression drug; Pachymeningitis; Posterior fossa; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; VERTIGO;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MENINGES; MENINGITIS; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 0029809122     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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