Aseptic leptomeningitis in systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-53

  Coşkun, Özlem ^a,c   Atasoy, H Tuǧrul ^b   Tunç, Tuǧba ^a   Yildiz, Hülya ^a   Inan, Levent E ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leptomeningeal involvement; Steroid therapy; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PTOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0345600134     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074053     Document Type: Article

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