Plasma VEGF as a marker for the diagnosis and treatment of vasculitic neuropathy [7]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 296-

  Sakai, K ^a   Komai, K ^a   Yanase, D ^a   Yamada, M ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; LETTER; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SURAL NERVE; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; VASCULITIC NEUROPATHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULITIS;

EID: 12444320406     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.047571     Document Type: Letter

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