Severe proximal myopathy and mononeuritis multiplex in rheumatoid arthritis: Manifestations of rheumatoid vasculitis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-55

  Chatterjee, Soumya ^a   Kupsky, William Joseph ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mononeuritis multiplex; Myositis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; VASCULITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONONEUROPATHIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; MYOTONIC DISORDERS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 13544260867     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000152149.34252.2e     Document Type: Article

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