Combined therapy of corticosteroid and azathioprine in hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis

European Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 193-198

  Choi, Il Saing ^a   Park, Soo Chul ^a   Jung, Yeon Kyung ^a   Lee, Sung Soo ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Corticosteroid; Dura mater; Hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0033710630     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008235     Document Type: Article

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