Subacute diencephalic angioencephalopathy: Biopsy diagnosis and radiological features of a rare entity

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 160-167

  Tihan, Tarik ^a   Burger, Peter C ^a   Pomper, Martin ^a   Sanchez, Oscar ^c   Ramzan, Muhammad ^c   Eberhart, Charles G ^a   Hansen, Calvin ^b   Smith, Thomas W ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Iowa Methodist Centre   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioencephalopathy; Dementia; Thalamic degeneration

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DIENCEPHALON; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOMNOLENCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBACUTE DIENCEPHALIC ANGIOENCEPHALOPATHY; SYMPTOM; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASES; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIENCEPHALON; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; THALAMIC DISEASES;

EID: 0034867561     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(01)00131-7     Document Type: Article

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