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Acta Neurologica Belgica
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 3/2014

01-09-2014 | Letter to the Editor

Mixed connective tissue disease presenting as trigeminal neuropathy

Authors: Bertrand Hamoir, Marianne Giroux, Olivier Outteryck, David Launay, Patrick Vermersch

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 3/2014

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Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a rare CTD which shares features of main CTD (erythematosus lupus, systemic sclerosis and polymyositis) and is biologically characterized by high titer of anti-ribonuclear protein (RNP) antibodies [1]. This syndrome may present different neurological manifestations like comitiality, psychotic syndrome and neuropathy. In very rare cases, a trigeminal sensory neuropathy has been described [2, 3]. …
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Metadata
Title
Mixed connective tissue disease presenting as trigeminal neuropathy
Authors
Bertrand Hamoir
Marianne Giroux
Olivier Outteryck
David Launay
Patrick Vermersch
Publication date
01-09-2014
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-013-0226-2

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