Sarcoid polyneuropathy responsive to intravenous immunoglobulin

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 447-450

  Heaney, Dominic ^a   Geddes, Jennian F ^a   Nagendren, Kulan ^a   Swash, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IVIg therapy; Nerve biopsy; Neuropathy; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CORTICOSTEROID; GABAPENTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS; SURAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS;

EID: 1442328861     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10541     Document Type: Article

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