Reversible focal neurological deficits in systemic lupus erythematosus: Report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 71-76

  Kimura, Miho ^a   Aramaki, Kaori ^b   Wada, Tatsuhiko ^a   Nishi, Kazuo ^a   Matsushita, Reiko ^a   Iizuka, Nobuko ^a   Hashimoto, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Sumiaki ^a   Ishikawa, Akira ^a   Endo, Hirahito ^a   Hirohata, Shunsei ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Corticosteroid; Interleukin 6; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 48349124938     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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