A case of neurosarcoidosis that presented with symptoms of Guillain-Barré syndrome

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Oldroyd, Alexander George Scott ^a   Dawson, T ^b   Nixon, J ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTRIAXONE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MORPHINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RADICULOPATHY; REFLEX DISORDER; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 79955568360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2011.3800     Document Type: Article

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