Cerebral demyelination in Wegener's granulomatosis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-236

  Brinar, Vesna V ^a   Cikes, Nada ^b   Petelin, Zeljka ^a   Hlavati, Marina ^a   Poser, Charles M ^c  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disseminated encephalomyelitis; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Wegener granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; NOSE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUADRIPLEGIA; SARCOIDOSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 2642540701     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.02.021     Document Type: Article

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