Cranial neuropathy because of IgG4-related pachymeningitis; intracranial and spinal mass lesions

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tajima, Yasutaka ^a   Mito, Yasunori ^a  

^a SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; HEART FAILURE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY SWELLING; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACHYMENINGITIS; PALATE MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SOFT PALATE; SPINAL CORD LESION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84865455710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006471     Document Type: Article

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