Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: Brain CT and MRI findings in 12 patients

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1285-1288

  Bakshi, Rohit ^a,b   Shaikh, Zubair A ^c   Bates, Vernice E ^a   Kinkel, Peter R ^a  

^a MILLARD FILLMORE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Lucy Dent Imaging Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032893523     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.6.1285     Document Type: Article

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