MR spectroscopy in the diagnosis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy presenting as a brain tumor

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1705-1708

  Safriel, Yair ^a   Sze, Gordon ^a   Westmark, Kaye ^b   Baehring, Joachim ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Clear Lake Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; WARFARIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DIFFUSION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLITE; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STEREOTAXIS; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULITIS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULITIS;

EID: 16644388083     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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