Peripheral neuropathy as initial manifestation of primary systemic vasculitides

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1061-1070

  Wolf, Joachim ^a   Schmitt, Verena ^a   Palm, Frederic ^a   Grau, Armin J ^a   Bergner, Raoul ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ANCA associated vasculitis; Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; Granulomatosis with polyangiitis; Microscopic polyangiitis; Polyarteritis nodosa; Systemic vasculitis; Vasculitic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; POLYNEUROPATHY; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY SYSTEMIC VASCULITIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SURAL NERVE; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS;

EID: 84876472783     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6760-7     Document Type: Article

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