Primary angiitis of the central nervous system

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Molloy, Eamonn S ^b   Hajj Ali, Rula A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ATOVAQUONE; AZATHIOPRINE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAPSONE; DICLOFENAC; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PAROXETINE; PENTAMIDINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; SERTRALINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; VITAMIN D;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANXIETY; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BRADYCARDIA; CATARACTOGENESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTIPATION; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAPHORESIS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECCHYMOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FATIGUE; FEVER; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEADACHE; HEART BLOCK; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION RISK; INSOMNIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MONOTHERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; MOUTH ULCER; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY ANGIITIS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULITIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34248341772     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02938406     Document Type: Review

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