Neurologic manifestations of rheumatologic disease.
Patients with pain, dysethesias, or dysfunction of an extremity may present to a neurologist or rheumatologist for the same complaints. A careful history, physical examination, and a simple investigation will usually, but not always, allow for assignment to the proper clinic. This article addresses the ground shared by these two specialties with particular emphasis on common diseases.
Brick
J E
JE
West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown.
Brick
J F
JF
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications*