Hereditary elevation of angiotensin converting enzyme suggesting neurosarcoidosis

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1819-1820

  Linnebank, Michael ^a   Kesper, K ^a   Jeub, M ^a   Urbach, H ^a   Wullner U ^a   Klockgether, T ^a   Schmidt, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0347364659     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000098990.12845.DA     Document Type: Article

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