Cerebrovascular disease and varicella in children

Brain and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 366-370

  Losurdo, Giuseppe ^a   Giacchino, Raffaella ^a   Castagnola, Elio ^a   Gattorno, Marco ^a   Costabel, Simona ^a   Rossi, Andrea ^a   Amato, Stefano ^a   Di Pietro, Pasquale ^a   Molinari, Angelo Claudio ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Children; Stroke; Varicella; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHICKENPOX; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; VASCULITIS; BLOOD; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 33746511388     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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