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Leukocytoclastic-vasculitic neuropathy associated with chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection.

Kazuaki Kanai1, Satoshi Kuwabara, Masahiro Mori, Kimihito Arai, Takako Yamamoto, Takamichi Hattori.   

Abstract

We report a patient with leukocytoclastic-vasculitic neuropathy associated with chronic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. A 55-year-old man had been suffering from chronic progressive axonal polyneuropathy and skin erythema for 3 years. A skin biopsy showed capillary vasculitis with clustered leukocyte fragments. Findings of serum assays, a polymerase chain reaction for EBV-DNA, and in situ hybridization indicated chronic EBV infection. Immunosuppressive treatment resulted in the gradual lessening of his general and neurologic symptoms.

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Year:  2003        PMID: 12508305     DOI: 10.1002/mus.10287

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Muscle Nerve        ISSN: 0148-639X            Impact factor:   3.217


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