Cerebroretinal vasculopathy mimicking a brain tumor: A case of a rare hereditary syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 629-631

  Weil, Sabine ^a,b   Reifenberger, G ^c   Dudel, C ^a   Yousry, T A ^a   Schriever, S ^a   Noachtar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBRORETINAL VASCULOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0033546629     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.3.629     Document Type: Article

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