Central nervous system involvement in wegener granulomatosis

Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-65

  Seror, Raphaèle ^a   Mahr, Alfred ^a   Ramanoelina, Jacky ^a   Pagnoux, Christian ^a   Cohen, Pascal ^a   Guillevin, Loïc ^a  

^a Université René Descartes Paris 5 ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33644955259     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.md.0000200166.90373.41     Document Type: Article

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