Prognosis of patients with suspected primary CNS angiitis and negative brain biopsy

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 831-833

  Alreshaid, Abdulrahman A ^b   Powers, William J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 0141653760     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000081047.22043.AB     Document Type: Review

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