Sensory perineuritis.
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چکیده
A case of sensory perineuritis is described, affecting individual cutaneous nerves in the extremities and with a chronic inflammatory exudate confined to the perineurium in a sural nerve biopsy. No cause was found. The condition slowly resolved on steroid treatment.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
دوره 51 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988