A case of ANCA-associated vasculitis with predominant involvement of central nervous system

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 380-383

  Caramaschi, P ^a   Biasi, D ^a   Carletto, A ^a   Bambara, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ANCA associated vasculitis; Central nervous system; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALAISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RHINOSINUSITIS; SMELLING DISORDER; SYMPTOM; VASCULITIS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VOMITING; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0141955103     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(03)00098-8     Document Type: Article

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