Superficial siderosis: A case report and review of the literature

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-58

  Levy, Michael ^a   Turtzo, Christine ^a   Llinas, Rafael H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIENTINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIDEROSIS; SPASTICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUPERFICIAL SIDEROSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIDEROSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33846069117     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0356     Document Type: Article

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