Ultrasonography of the tibial nerve in vasculitic neuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-382

  Ito, Takao ^a   Kijima, Masanori ^b   Watanabe, Takashi ^a   Sakuta, Manabu ^a   Nishiyama, Kazutoshi ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nerve enlargement; Systemic vasculitis; Tibial nerve; Ultrasonography; Vasculitic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; TIBIAL NERVE; VASCULITIC NEUROPATHY; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIAL NEUROPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33847646725     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20673     Document Type: Article

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