The clinical spectrum of the neurological involvement in vasculitides

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 13-21

  Rossi, Carlo Maria ^a   Di Comite, Gabriele ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b San Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

ANCA; Angiitis; Leukocytoclastic vasculitis; Nervous system; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEMISPHERE; MONONEUROPATHY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 69549088161     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.05.017     Document Type: Review

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