Cerebral amyloid angiopathy associated with primary angiitis of the central nervous system: Report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 421-427

  Schwab, Pascale ^a   Lidov, Hart G W ^a   Schwartz, Richard B ^a   Anderson, Ronald J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULITIS;

AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0038312187     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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