Cerebral vasculitis: Imaging signs revisited

Neuroradiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 471-479

  Küker, Wilhelm ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiitis; DSA; MRA; MRI; PACNS; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NOMENCLATURE; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENOSIS; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 34249893633     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0223-3     Document Type: Review

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