Eosinophilic Fasciitis Complicated with Peripheral Polyneuropathy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 417-420

  Moriguchi, Masato ^a   Terai, Chihiro ^a   Kuroki, Soemu ^b   Tanaka, Eiichi ^a   Someya, Noriyuki ^b   Tsunoda, Yoshiho ^b   Kashiwazaki, Sadao ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia myalgia syndrome; Hypereosinophilic syndrome; Major basic protein; Mononeuritis multiplex; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIA; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIA; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0032043304     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.417     Document Type: Article

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