A case of neuro-Behcet's disease with transient cerebral ischemia evoked by smoking

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 546-550

  Tanaka, Tatsuya ^a   Momi, Hiroaki ^a   Horinouti, Shyuzi ^a   Kawabata, Seiji ^a   Umehara, Fujio ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuro Behcet's disease; Smoking; Transient cerebral ischemia; Vasculitis; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; STEROID THERAPY; VASCULITIS; VASOSPASM;

BEHCET SYNDROME; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032978650     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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