Nonsystemic vasculitic mononeuropathy multiplex, cryoglobulinemia, and hepatitis C

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1596-1602

  David, William S ^a   Peine, Craig ^a   Schlesinger, Peter ^a   Smith, Stephen A ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cryoglobulinemia; hepatitis C; mononeuropathy multiplex; neuropathy; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PERCOCET; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULNAR NERVE; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SURAL NERVE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0029826038     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199612)19:12<1596::AID-MUS9>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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