Complicated acute motor axonal neuropathy with delayed acute respiratory distress syndrome and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis: A case report

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-31

  Chen, An Chih ^a,e,f   Chen, Chiu Mei ^a,e,f   Chang, Horng Rong ^b,f   Yeo, Kai Jieh ^c,e,f   Tsao, Shih Ming ^b,d   Hsiao, Pei Ching ^d,e,f   Tsai, Shih Jei ^a,e  

^a Departments of Neurology   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Nephrology ^*  (Taiwan)

^c Division of Allergy Immunology and Rheumatology   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Fu Jen Catholic Uiversity   (Taiwan)

^f Institutes of Medicine   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute motor axonal neuropathy; Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody; Guillain Barre syndrome; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AUTOANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ACUTE MOTOR AXONAL NEUROPATHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HAND WEAKNESS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKEMOID REACTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; PLASMAPHERESIS; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URTICARIA; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 84876252431     PISSN: 1028768X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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