Serial CT and MRI findings in a patient with isolated angiitis of the central nervous system associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Amyloid

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 256-262

  Oide, Takashi ^a   Tokuda, Takahiko ^a   Takei, Yo Ichi ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b   Ito, Kenjiro ^c   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiitis; Beta protein; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Isolated angiitis of the central nervous system; Leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BINSWANGER ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0036968680     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506120209114103     Document Type: Article

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