Middle cerebral artery vasculitis and stroke after varicella in a young adult

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1070-1072

  Hosseinipour, Mina C ^a   Smith, Nathaniel H ^a   Simpson, Ericka P ^a   Greenberg, Stephen B ^a   Armstrong, Richard M ^a   Clinton White Jr , A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0031755564     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199811000-00018     Document Type: Article

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