Superficial siderosis of the CNS: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 499-502

  Miliaras, George ^a   Bostantjopoulou, Sevasti ^b   Argyropoulou, Maria ^a   Kyritsis, Athanasios ^a   Polyzoidis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Department of Neurology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic subarachnoid hemorrhage; Hemosiderin; Sensorineural deafness; Superficial siderosis

Indexed keywords

TRIENTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIDEROSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIDEROSIS;

EID: 33646582328     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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