Sural nerve biopsy in vasculitic neuropathies: Morphometric analysis of the caliber of involved vessels

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 153-170

  Ohkoshi, Norio ^a   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^a   Oguni, Eiichi ^a   Shoji, Shin'ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Peripheral neuropathy; polyarteritis nodosa; sural nerve; vasculitic neuropathy; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BIOPSY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURAL NERVE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSELS; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SURAL NERVE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0030449228     PISSN: 00257850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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