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KMID : 0359719960140041018
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Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1996 Volume.14 No. 4 p.1018 ~ p.1022
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A Case of Nonsystemic Vasculitic Neuropathy(Electrophysiologic and Pathologic Findings)
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김춘식
정근호/조필자/최병철/구혜수
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Abstract
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In nonsystemic vasculitic neuropathy, clinically only nerves are affected; there are no or few constitutional symptoms or serological abnormalities. The clinical and pathological features are those of an ischemic neuropathy caused by a
necrotizing
vasculitis of small arterioles. This is a case report of nonsystemic vasculitic neuropathy in a 22-year-old male who has the distal symmetric polyneuropathy as a symptom of localized vasculitis. The sural nerve biopsy showed a few myelin
digestion
chamber suggesting axonal degeneration. The patient was treated with steroid daily with gradual clinical and electrophysiological improvement.
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