Pseudotumoral neuro-Behcet's disease: Influence of withdrawal of colchicine?;Presentation pseudotumorale de neuro-Behcet: Role de l'arret de la colchicine?

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-59

  Vignes, S ^a,c   Vidailhet, M ^a   Dormont, D ^a   Soulie J ^b   Wechsler, B ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Cerebral tumor; Colchicine

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; PREDNISONE; ANTIGOUT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; VEIN THROMBOSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TIME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRAIN DISEASES; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031610790     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-8663(97)83701-0     Document Type: Article

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