Vasculitis syndromes: Peripheral neuropathy in AAV-when vasculitis hits a nerve

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 127-128

  Rutgers, Abraham ^a   Kallenberg, Cees G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOSIDERIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VASCULITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYNDROME;

EID: 84857918292     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2011.184     Document Type: Review

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