A clinical, electrophysiological, and pathological study of neuropathy in rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 841-844

  Agarwal, Vikas ^c   Singh, Ram ^a   Wiclaf, ^a   Chauhan, Sandeep ^a   Tahlan, Anita ^a   Ahuja, Chirag Kamal ^a   Goel, Deepak ^b   Pal, Lily ^c  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE HOSPITAL TRUST   (India)

^c SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Neuropathy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Subclinical; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AYURVEDIC DRUG; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOID; MYELIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINEURIUM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SEX RATIO; SURAL NERVE; TENDON REFLEX; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARESTHESIA; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURAL NERVE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 45049083551     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0804-x     Document Type: Article

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