Nonsystemic vasculitic neuropathy: A clinicopathological study of 22 cases

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 853-858

  Kararizou, Evangelia ^a   Davaki, Panagiota ^a   Karandreas, Nikos ^a   Davou, Roubini ^a   Vassilopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Axonal; Nonsystemic vasculitic neuropathy; Nonsystemic vasculitis; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AXONS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONONEUROPATHIES; NERVE DEGENERATION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SURAL NERVE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 18744389479     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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