A cause of cerebral calcifications not to be ignored: Fahr syndrome [1];Une cause de calcifications intracérébrales à ne pas méconnaître: Le syndrome de Fahr

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 668-677

  Chevalier, D ^a,b   Marie, I ^a,b   Tillon, J ^a   Levesque H ^a  

^a Dept de Médecine Interne Ctr Hosp Univ Rouen Boisguillaume   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Causes; Cerebral calcifications; Differential diagnosis; Fahr syndrome; Pseudo hypoparathyroidism; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CALCIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAHR DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LETTER; PSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM;

BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23044484302     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2005.03.013     Document Type: Letter

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