Vasculitis confined to peripheral nerves

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1441-1448

  Davies, L ^a   Spies, J M ^a   Pollard, J D ^a   McLeod, J G ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neuropathy; Prognosis; Treatment; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; SURAL NERVE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0029913981     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.5.1441     Document Type: Article

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