Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system: Pathogenetic heterogeneity and therapeutic approaches

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-61

  Leussink, Verena Isabel ^b   Flachenecker, P ^d   Brechtelsbauer, D ^d   Bendszus, M ^d   Sliwka, U ^a   Gold, R ^d   Becker, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Hemochromatosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Superficial siderosis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHELATING AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE B INHIBITOR; SCAVENGER; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SIDEROSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0037265427     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.02001.x     Document Type: Article

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