Small infarctions of cochlear, retinal and encephalic tissue syndroma of the young people, or 'SICRET syndroma' or 'Susac's syndroma';Petits infarctus retiniens, cochleaires et cerebraux du sujet jeune, ou 'SICRET' syndrome ou syndrome de Susac

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 375-380

  Mala, L ^a   Bazard, M C ^a   Berrod, J P ^a   Wahl, D ^a   Raspiller, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Brain artery occlusions; Cochlear artery occlusions; Retinal artery occlusions; SICRET syndrome; Susac's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; REMISSION; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; SYNDROME; ARTERIOLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; HEADACHE; INFARCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; SALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTERIOLES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COCHLEA; DEAFNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFARCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN OF CORTI; PREDNISOLONE; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; SALICYLIC ACID; SYNDROME; VERTIGO; VISION DISORDERS; WARFARIN;

EID: 0032061218     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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