Isolated severe vasculitic neuropathy revealing sarcoidosis

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 756-760

  Souayah, Nizar ^a   Chodos, Ari ^a   Krivitskaya, Natalia ^a   Efthimiou, Petros ^a   Lambert, W Clark ^a   Sharer, Leroy R ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 46849094294     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70166-2     Document Type: Review

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