title: Rheumatoid arthritis and motor neurone disease--an association?
abstract: Three patients with rheumatoid arthritis and motor neurone disease are presented. The neurological syndrome supervened after 2, 19 and 23 years of polyarthritis and led to death within 4 years. The diagnosis of motor neurone disease was confirmed at post mortem in one case. Common immunological mechanisms may account for this previously unreported association.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Neurology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schady
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Metcalfe
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Holt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001706:Biopsy; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology