Microangiopathy of the brain and retina with hearing loss in a 50 year old woman: Extending the spectrum of Susac's syndrome

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 641-643

  Barker, R A ^a,b   Anderson, J R ^b   Meyer, P ^b   Dick, D J ^a   Scolding, N J ^b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated protein C resistance; Susac's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C RESISTANCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; SPASTICITY; SUSAC SYNDROME; VERTIGO;

EID: 0032943430     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.5.641     Document Type: Article

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