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Neuro-neutrophilic disease: neuro-Behçet disease and neuro-Sweet disease.
“Neuro-Sweet disease (NSD)” was proposed as a distinct entity of encephalomeningitis in 1999 (1). Sweet disease has been considered as a multisystem inflammatory disorder characterized by painful erythematous plaques, and has been classified as a dermatologic disease. The plaques respond to systemic corticosteroids, and heal without scarring. It has been disclosed that aseptic neutrophilic infl...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Neurology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-9942
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.8.1010