Acute sensorimotor polyneuropathy with tonic pupils and an abduction deficit: An unusual presentation of polyarteritis nodosa

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-344

  Bennett, Jeffrey L ^a   Pelak, Victoria A ^a   Mourelatos, Zissimos ^a   Bird, Shawn ^a   Galetta, Steven L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abducens palsy; Guillain Barre syndrome; Miller Fisher syndrome peripheral neuropathy; Polyarteritis nodosa; Tonic pupils; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANISOCORIA; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY GANGLION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIPLOPIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; GAZE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDNISONE; SURAL NERVE; TONIC PUPIL;

EID: 0032931533     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(98)00047-2     Document Type: Article

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