Leukocytoclastic-vasculitic neuropathy associated with chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-116

  Kanai, Kazuaki ^a   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^a   Mori, Masahiro ^a   Arai, Kimihito ^a   Yamamoto, Takako ^b   Hattori, Takamichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal degeneration; Epstein Barr virus; Leukocytoclastic vasculitis; Peripheral neuropathy; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEPHARANTHINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; NEUROPATHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BIOPSY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SURAL NERVE; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0037236377     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10287     Document Type: Article

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