Neurosarcoidosis presenting as guillain-barré-like syndrome. A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-43

  Fahoum, Firas ^a,b   Drory, Vivian E ^a   Issakov, Josephine ^a   Neufeld, Miri Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Guillain Barr 'like syndrome; Polyradiculopathy; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOARSENESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SARCOIDOSIS; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPH NODES; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSATION DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349144939     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e3181ae3be9     Document Type: Article

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