A case of ischemic cerebral infarction associated with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, CNS vasculitis, vitamin B 12 deficiency and homocysteinemia

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 338-339

  Kawi, Ammar Al ^a,b   Wang, David Z ^a   Kishore, Kamal ^a   Kattah, Jorge C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FOLIC ACID; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MULTIVITAMIN; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE POSTERIOR MULTIFOCAL PLACOID PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EPISCLERITIS; FOLLOW UP; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CEREBRAL INFARCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITREOUS DISEASE;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHOROID DISEASES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; THROMBOPHILIA; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 10844231711     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080975     Document Type: Article

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