Late-developing cerebral arteropathy after pyogenic meningitis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 431-433

  Palacio, Santiago ^a   Hart, Robert G ^a   Vollmer, Dennis G ^a   Kagan Hallet, Kathleen ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0037337021     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.3.431     Document Type: Article

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