Control of primary angiitis of the CNS associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy by cyclophosphamide alone

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 660-662

  Fountain, Nathan B ^a   Lopes, M Beatriz S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CONTROL; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

EID: 0344938215     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.3.660     Document Type: Article

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