Hydrocephalus as a presenting manifestation of neurosarcoidosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 403-406

  Akhondi, Hossein ^b   Barochia, Sanjay ^b   Holmström, Björn ^b   Williams, Mary Jean ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0042736070     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000056648.43258.C0     Document Type: Article

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