Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis causing progressive polyneuropathies in a child

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-147

  van Toorn, Ronald ^a   Esser, Monika ^a   Smit, Derrick ^a   Andronikou, Savvas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis; Methotrexate; Progressive cranial polyneuropathies

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FOLIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CUSHING DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXERCISE; EYE EXERCISE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; DIPLOPIA; ESOTROPIA; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 39749181042     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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