Isolated central nervous system vasculitis associated with hepatitis C infection

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2273-2276

  Dawson, Therese M ^a,b   Starkebaum, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasculitis; CNS vasculitis; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0032846651     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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