Angiographically defined primary angiitis of the CNS: Is it really benign?

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 183-188

  Woolfenden, A R ^a,b   Tong, D C ^a   Marks, M P ^a   Ali, A O ^a   Albers, G W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031817686     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.1.183     Document Type: Article

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