Severe dysphagia in lower cranial nerve involvement as the initial symptom of Wegener's granulomatosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 187-190

  Armani, Mario ^a   Spinazzi, Marco ^a   Andrigo, Cinzia ^a   Fassina, Ambrogio ^a   Mantovan, Mauro ^b   Tavolato, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b S ANTONIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cranial nerves; Dysphagia; Immunosuppressive therapy; PET; Phrenic nerve; Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PREDNISONE;

ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DENERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM; NASOPHARYNX; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; ANOMIA; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 35649020793     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.05.029     Document Type: Article

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