Prevalence, types, clinical associations, and determinants of peripheral neuropathy in rheumatoid patients

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-197

  Biswas, Monodeep ^a   Chatterjee, Arghya ^a   Ghosh, Sudip Kumar ^a   Dasgupta, S ^a   Ghosh, Kartik ^a   Ganguly, P K ^a  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Mononeuritis; neuropathy; peripheral; rheumatoid; sensorimotor; sensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

EID: 80054114099     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.85893     Document Type: Article

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