Neurological Involvement in Primary Systemic Vasculitis

Conclusion
Neurological involvement is a common complication of PSV (Table 1), and neurologists play an important role in the identification and diagnosis of PSV patients with otherwise unexplained neurological symptoms as their chief complaint. This article summarizes the neurological manifestations of PSV and hopes to improve neuroscientists' understanding of this broad range of diseases.

TABLE 1

Table 1. Common CNS and PNS involvements of primary systemic vasculitis.

Author Contributions
SZ conceived the article and wrote the manuscript. DY and GT reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to the Chongqing Science and Technology Commission, Chongqing Education Commission and the Chongqing Health and Family Planning Commission for funding this project.
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Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research