Neurologic complications associated with hepatitis C virus infection

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 861-864

  Tembl, J I ^a   Ferrer, J M ^a   Sevilla, M T ^a   Lago, A ^a   Mayordomo, F ^a   Vilchez, Jan J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C infection; Neurologic complications

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033546940     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.4.861     Document Type: Article

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