Neuropathies in the rheumatoid patients: A case of the heavy hand

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 125-126

  Dani, K ^a   Ramachandran, R ^a   Capell, H A ^a   Madhok, R ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GABAPENTIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; NABUMETONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT INJURY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HAND GRIP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMINES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24644519855     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693300505000312     Document Type: Article

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