Central nervous system lesions associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia - Three case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 447-451

  Kuwayama, Kazuyuki ^a,c   Takase, Kensaku ^a   Kashihara, Michiharu ^a   Hondo, Hideki ^a   Shigekiyo, Toshio ^a   Takimoto, Osamu ^b   Matsubara, Shunji ^b  

^a TOKUSHIMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c KOCHI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral abscess; Cerebrovascular disease; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE;

ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 0141917550     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.447     Document Type: Article

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