Granulomatous Angiitis of the Brain: An Inflammatory Reaction of Diverse Etiology

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 514-518

  Younger, David S ^a   Hays, Arthur P ^a   Brust, John C M ^a   Rowland, Lewis P ^a  

^a Departments of Neurology Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Neurology Service of the Neurological Institute and the Department of Pathology Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Department of Neurology Harlem Hospital Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0023922170     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1988.00520290042012     Document Type: Article

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