Spatial distribution of nerve fiber pathology and vasculitis in microscopic polyangiitis-associated neuropathy

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 340-348

  Morozumi, Saori ^a   Koike, Haruki ^a   Tomita, Minoru ^a   Kawagashira, Yuichi ^a   Iijima, Masahiro ^a   Katsuno, Masahisa ^a   Hattori, Naoki ^a   Tanaka, Fumiaki ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microscopic polyangiitis; Nerve fiber pathology; Neuropathy; Spatial distribution; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; MYELINATED NERVE; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; TIBIAL NERVE; VASCULITIS; VENTRAL ROOT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79955524051     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: 15546578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e3182172290     Document Type: Article

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