Wegener's granulomatosis: Ischemic stroke as the first clinical manifestation (case study) [1]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1593-1594

  Bareš, Martin ^a   Muchová, Miroslava ^a   Dufek, Michal ^a   Litzman, Jiří ^a   Krupa, Petr ^a   Rektor, Ivan ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; TELENCEPHALON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0036460280     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-002-0804-3     Document Type: Letter

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