Primary angiitis of the central nervous system: Emerging variants

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 643-654

  MacLaren, K ^a   Gillespie, J ^a   Shrestha, S ^a   Neary, D ^a   Ballardie, Francis W ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 24144472532     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci098     Document Type: Article

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