Granulomatous angiitis of the CNS associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy - An autopsied case with widespread involvement

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 537-543

  Takeda, Akitoshi ^a,b   Tatsumi, Shinsui ^a   Yamashita, Mariko ^a,c   Yamamoto, Toru ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Osaka City Juso Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Granulomatous angiitis associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Spinal cord; Tau positive dystrophic neuritis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

AGED; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 34250683804     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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