Diagnostic strategies in vasculitis affecting the central nervous system

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Calabrese, Leonard H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0036047050     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.69.suppl_2.sii105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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