A case of granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system presented with subacute mental deterioration resembling diffuse white matter disease

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 491-497

  Tashiro, Jun ^a   Yokoyama, Noriyuki ^a   Maruo, Yasunori ^a   Kubota, Tsukasa ^a   Niwa, Jun ^a   Shimoyama, Norihiko ^a  

^a 041 0821   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; Corticosteroid; Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0035720176     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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