Primary antiphospholipid syndrome and cerebral atrophy: A rare association?

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 317, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 425-428

  Amoroso, Antonio ^a,b   Del Porto, Flavia ^a   Garzia, Pierluigi ^a   Mariotti, Amalia ^a   Addessi, Maria Assunta ^a   Afeltra, Antonella ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Department of Medicina Clinica ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Cerebral atrophy; Cerebrovascular disease; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERTENSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0033505933     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9629(15)40558-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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