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1. First nationwide survey of hypertrophic pachymeningitis in Japan not only solves epidemiological questions, but also leads to the proposal of new questions.

Author

Murai, Hiroyuki, Yonekawa, Tomomi, and Kira, Jun‐ichi

Subjects
*EPIDEMIOLOGY, *PACHYMENINGITIS, *HYPERTROPHY, *CRANIAL nerve diseases, *SPINAL cord diseases, *NEUTROPHIL immunology, *THERAPEUTICS
Abstract

The article discusses an epidemiological survey on hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) in Japan that causes thickening of the intracranial and spinal dura mater. Topics discussed include intracranial hypertension, cranial nerve palsy and spinal cord dysfunction. Clinical data is presented with the suggestion that causes of HP are ANCA-related disease and IgG4/MFS-related disease.

Published
2014
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