Cranial and peripheral neuropathy in rheumatoid arthritis with special emphasis to II, V, VII, VIII and XI cranial nerves

APLAR Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-226

  Hamed, Sherifa A ^a,b   Hamed, Eman A ^a   Elattar, Amal M ^a   Rahman, Mohamed S Abdel ^a   Amine, Nabila F ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b Saudi German Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cranial neuropathy; Neurophysiology; Peripheral neuropathy; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; FOLIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VASCULITIS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 33749187815     PISSN: 02190494     EISSN: 14798077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8077.2006.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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