Neurological involvement in primary Sjogren's syndrome: Clinical and instrumental evaluation in a cohort of Italian patients

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-303

  Govoni, Marcello ^a,b   Bajocchi, G ^a   Rizzo, N ^a   Tola, M R ^c   Caniatti, L ^a   Tugnoli, V ^a   Colamussi, P ^c   Trotta, F ^a  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Central nervous system disease; Peripheral nervous system disease; Peripheral neuropathies; Primary Sjogren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVARY GLANDS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032776414     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670050105     Document Type: Article

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