Hypertrophic pachymeningitis: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-111

  De Deus Silva, Leonardo ^a   De Souza Queiroz, Luciano ^a   De Araújo Zanardi, Verônica ^a   Ghizoni, Enrico ^a   Da Costa Pereira, Hoyama ^a   Silva Malveira, George Linard ^a   Pirani Jr , Clodoaldo ^a   Pereira Damasceno, Benito ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic pachymeningits; Neurosarcoidosis; Optic neuropathy; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GALLIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC PACHYMENINGITIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MENINGEAL BIOPSY; MENINGITIS; NOSE SEPTUM; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PSYCHOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0037353111     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000100021     Document Type: Article

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