Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in immunoglobulin G4-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1927-1929

  Della Torre, Emanuel ^a,b   Passerini, Gabriella ^b   Furlan, Roberto ^c   Roveri, Luisa ^b   Chieffo, Raffaella ^b   Anzalone, Nicoletta ^b   Doglioni, Claudio ^a,b   Zardini, Elisabetta ^d   Sabbadini, Maria Grazia ^a,b   Franciotta, Diego ^e  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Institute of Experimental Neurology   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PACHYMENINGITIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; MENINGEAL BIOPSY; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84887443867     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130678     Document Type: Letter

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