Multiplex neuritis in a patient with autoimmune hepatitis: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 5396-5398

  Luth S ^a   Birklein, F ^b   Schramm, C ^a   Herkel, J ^a   Hennes, E ^a   Muller Forell W ^b   Galle, P R ^b   Lohse, Ansgar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Multifocal peripheral neuropathy; Soluble liver antigen liver pancreas; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LIVER ANTIGEN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MULTIPLEX NEURITIS; NEURITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 33749423629     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i33.5396     Document Type: Article

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