Churg Strauss syndrome during treatment of bronchial asthma with a leucotriene receptor antagonist presenting with polyneuropathy

Neurologia

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 134-138

  Oberndorfer, Stefan ^a   Beate, U ^a   Sabine, U ^a   Peter, H ^a   Heinz, L ^a   Barabra, H ^a   Wolfgang, G ^a  

^a KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Churg Strauss syndrome; Leucotriene receptor antagonist; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACETATES; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; HUMANS; LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUINOLINES; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 1942455218     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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