Acute lumbosacral polyradiculoneuropathy heralding transformation to systemic lupus erythematosus in a patient with discoid lupus

Lupus

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 972-974

  Yildiz, O K ^a   Balaban, H ^a   Senel, S ^a   Cevik S ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

discoid lupus; Guillain Barr syndrome; polyradiculoneuropathy; systemic lupus erythematosus; treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBOSACRAL POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TENDON REFLEX; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

EID: 80052546971     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: 14770962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203310392427     Document Type: Article

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