Intracerebral bleeding in a patient with neurosarcoidosis while on corticosteroid therapy

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 492-494

  Dakdouki, Ghenwa K ^a   Kanafani, Zeina A ^a   Ishak, Gisele ^a   Hourani, Mukbil ^a   Kanj, Souha S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Intracerebral bleeding; Neurosarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 17244372855     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000146621.42198.31     Document Type: Article

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