Application of transcranial Doppler sonography in children with acute neurologic events due to primary cerebral and West Nile vasculitis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1698-1701

  Lowe, Lisa H ^a   Morello, Frank P ^a   Jackson, Mary A ^a   Lasky, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS; WEST NILE VASCULITIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 24344484359     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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