Intracranial giant cell arteritis with fatal middle cerebral artery territory infarct

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 199-203

  Browne, L ^a   Hardiman, O ^a   O'Dwyer, H ^a   Farrell, M ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; Granulomatous giant cell arteritis of the brain; Intracranial arteritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0037817612     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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