Postinfectious vasculopathy with evolution to moyamoya syndrome

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-259

  Czartoski, T ^a   Hallam, D ^a   Lacy, J M ^a   Chun, M R ^b   Becker, K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Providence Everett Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MOYAMOYA DISEASE;

EID: 12444337681     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.041046     Document Type: Article

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