Subacute aseptic meningitis as neurological manifestation of primary Sjögren's syndrome

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 688-691

  Rossi, Rosario ^a   Valeria Saddi, Maria ^a  

^a SAN FRANCESCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Chronic meningitis; Connective tissue disease; Sj gren's syndrome; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREVALENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; XEROPHTHALMIA; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGES; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; SALIVARY GLANDS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROPHTHALMIA; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 33748770606     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.05.015     Document Type: Article

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