Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis treated by oral methotrexate: A case report and review of literature

Rheumatology International

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 713-718

  Bosman, T ^a   Simonin, C ^b   Launay, D ^b   Caron, S ^b   Destee A ^b   Defebvre, L ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DURA MATER; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 41849138976     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-007-0504-5     Document Type: Article

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