Clustering of organ-specific autoimmunity: A case presentation of multiple sclerosis and connective tissue disorders

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 471-475

  Kale, Nilufer ^a   Icen, Murat ^a   Agaoglu, Jale ^b   Yazici, Isil ^b   Tanik, Osman ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b Okmeydani Training and Teaching Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Autoimmune disorders; Familial mediterranean fever; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON; COLCHICINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS; WALKING AID; WEAKNESS; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOXANTRONE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARAPARESIS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 58149086627     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-1015-1     Document Type: Article

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