Neuro-Behcet disease with predominant involvement of the brainstem

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 382-384

  Mirsattari, Seyed M ^a,d   McGinn, Gregory J ^b   Halliday, William C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3242777662     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000130192.12100.8D     Document Type: Article

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