Symptomatic unruptured capillary telangiectasia of the brain stem: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 390-393

  Scaglione, C ^a   Salvi, F ^a   Riguzzi, P ^a   Vergelli, M ^c   Tassinari, C A ^a   Mascalchi, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Clinica Neurologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Magnetic resonance imaging; Telangiectasia; Vascular anomalies

Indexed keywords

STEROID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIP DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TELANGIECTASIA; TINNITUS;

ADULT; BELL PALSY; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIP; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TINNITUS;

EID: 0034892364     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.3.390     Document Type: Article

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