Tumefactive demyelination associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Verma, Rajesh ^a   Arya, Kamal ^b  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMEFACTIVE DEMYELINATION; VASCULITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 84863753303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2012.5743     Document Type: Article

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