Rheumatoid pachymeningitis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 337-339

  Tan, Hui Jan ^a   Raymond, A A ^a   Phadke, P P ^b   Rozman, Z ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Radiology ^*

Author keywords

Internal auditory canals; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid pachymeningitis; Sensorineural deafness

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RARE DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; RHEUMATOID PACHYMENINGITIS; VASCULITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3142559550     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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