Brachial plexopathy as a presenting symptom of giant cell arteritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2653-2657

  Chowdhry, Iftikhar Ahmad ^a   Sinha, Jayashree ^a   Barland, Peter ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexopathy; Giant cell arteritis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; JAW DISEASE; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SKIN DISEASE; SORE THROAT; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYMPTOM; TONGUE DISEASE; VISUAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISONE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036895816     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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