A case of Sjögren's syndrome with acute transverse myelitis and polyneuropathy in a patient free of sicca symptoms

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-114

  Tristano, Antonio G ^a,b  

^a Hospital Dr Domingo Luciani   (Venezuela)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute transverse myelitis; Polyneuropathy; Sj gren's syndrome; Transverse myelopathy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYELITIS; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SEROLOGY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; DRUG COMBINATION; LETTER; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; PATHOLOGY; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645745232     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-1137-2     Document Type: Article

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