Successful high dose glucocorticoid treatment for subacute neuromyelitis optica with systemic lupus erythematosus

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 998-1001

  Hagiwara, Noriko ^a,b   Toyoda, Kazunori ^a   Uwatoko, Takeshi ^a   Yasumori, Kotaro ^a   Ibayashi, Setsuro ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuromyelitis optica; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLYCEROL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 27844444751     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.998     Document Type: Article

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