Update on Susac's syndrome

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-314

  Gross, Menachem ^a,b   Eliashar, Ron ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Hearing loss; Magnetic resonance imaging; Retinal artery occlusion; Susac's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIMODIPINE; PREDNISONE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; REVIEW; SUSAC SYNDROME;

EID: 20444504600     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wco.0000169751.46568.f0     Document Type: Review

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