Differential diagnosis of intracranial calcifications;Diagnóstico diferencial de las calcificaciones intracraneales

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-155

  Piñol Ripoll, Gerard ^a   Mauri Llerda, J A ^a   De La Puerta Martinez Miro I ^a   Perez Lazaro C ^a   Beltran Marin I ^a   Lopez Del Val L J ^a   Pascual Millan L F ^a   Mostacero, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain calcifications; Cognitive impairment; Convulsive seizures; Fahr's syndrome; Hypoparathyroidism; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHETOSIS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PONS; SEIZURE; SPASTIC PARESIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES;

EID: 33644792164     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4103.2005102     Document Type: Article

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