Systemic sclerosis and superficial siderosis of the central nervous system: Casuality or causality?

Rheumatology International

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 815-818

  Simeoni, Sara ^a   Puccetti, Antonio ^b   Tinazzi, Elisa ^a   Tomelleri, Giuliano ^a   Corrocher, Roberto ^a   Lunardi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Superficial siderosis; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; HYPOACUSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; SKIN FIBROSIS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD; SUPERFICIAL SIDEROSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TELANGIECTASIA;

BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SIDEROSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 43449114498     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0523-x     Document Type: Article

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