Infliximab-associated neuropathy in RA patients - The importance of considering the diagnosis of mononeuritis multiplex [1]

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-282

  Birnbaum, J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLIXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; VASCULITIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MONONEUROPATHIES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 33845900941     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0436-6     Document Type: Letter

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