Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Associated with Acute Polyradiculoneuropathy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 118-124

  Katada, Eiichi ^a   Ojika, Kosei ^a   Uemura, Masayo ^a   Maeno, Ken ^a   Mitake, Shigehisa ^a   Tsugu, Yasukuni ^a   Otsuka, Yasusi ^a   Iwase, Tamaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid therapy; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Sural nerve biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; RADICULOPATHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; POLYRADICULOPATHY; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0031064879     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.118     Document Type: Article

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