An unusual presentation of rheumatoid meningitis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 286-288

  Chowdhry, Vaidehi ^a   Kumar, Neeraj ^a,b   Lachance, Daniel H ^a   Salomao, Diva R ^a   Luthra, Harvinder S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spells

Indexed keywords

LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID MENINGITIS;

AGED; ARTERITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 20844432722     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228405275201     Document Type: Article

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