MRI and SPECT studies of dural arteriovenous fistulas presenting as pure progressive dementia with leukoencephalopathy: A cause of treatable dementia

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 754-759

  Waragai, M ^a   Takeuchi, H ^a   Fukushima, T ^a   Haisa, T ^a   Yonemitsu, T ^a  

^a JR Tokyo General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dural arteriovenous fistulas; Leukoencephalopathy; MRI; Progressive dementia; SPECT; Treatable dementia; Venous hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33746495512     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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