Brain calcifications induce neurological dysfunction that can be reversed by a bone drug

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 77-81

  Loeb, Jeffrey A ^a   Sohrab, Sayyed A ^a   Huq, Mabubul ^a   Fuerst, Darren R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphosphonate; Calcification; Cavernous hemangioma; Epilepsy; Etidronate; Headache; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; ETIDRONIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHELATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETIDRONIC ACID; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645056685     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.11.033     Document Type: Article

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