Central nervous system vasculitis in children

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 442-449

  Benseler, Susanne M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; SPINAL CORD; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33846306362     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-006-0040-4     Document Type: Review

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