The importance of suspecting superficial siderosis of the central nervous system in clinical practice

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 188-190

  Messori, A ^a   Di Bella, P ^b   Herber, N ^a   Logullo, F ^b   Ruggiero, M ^a   Salvolini, U ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; HEMOSIDERIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BLEEDING; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LEG; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDEROSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTIGO;

AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CAUDA EQUINA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARAPARESIS; SIDEROSIS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; VERTIGO;

EID: 0842265972     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.023648     Document Type: Article

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