The use of nerve and muscle biopsy in the diagnosis of vasculitis: A 5 year retrospective study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1376-1381

  Bennett, D L H ^a,d   Groves, M ^a   Blake, J ^a,c   Holton, J L ^a   King, R H M ^b   Orrell, R W ^b   Ginsberg, L ^b   Reilly, M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE VASCULITIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE; VASCULITIS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 56749102412     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.151126     Document Type: Article

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