Polyradiculopathy in sarcoidosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 608-613

  Koffman, Boyd ^a,c   Junck, Larry ^b   Elias, Stanton B ^a   Feit, Howard W ^a   Levine, Steven R ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulomatous disease; Nerve root; Polyradiculopathy; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POLYRADICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0032929634     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199905)22:5<608::AID-MUS9>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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