Wegener granulomatosis: CT and MR findings

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 785-792

  Provenzale, James M ^a   Allen, Nancy B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORBIT; PARANASAL SINUSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0029976047     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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