Brain involvement in scleroderma: Two autopsy cases

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 719-721

  Héron, Emmanuel ^a   Fornes, Paul ^b   Rance, Arnaud ^a   Emmerich, Joseph ^a   Bayle, Olivier ^b   Fiessinger, Jean Noël ^a,b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Brain; Calcification,vascular; Scleroderma; Systemic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCLERODERMA; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYNDROME CREST;

EID: 0344074662     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.3.719     Document Type: Article

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