Diagnostic criteria of neurosarcoidosis

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 471-476

  Sakuta, Manabu ^a   Kumamoto, Toshihide ^b   Iizuka, Takahiro ^c   Nishiyama, Kazutoshi ^a   Oritsu, Masaru ^d  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

CNS sarcoidosis; Neurosarcoidosis; Sarcoid myopathy; Sarcoid neuropathy; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; SARCOIDOSIS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 33746242037     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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