Sturge-Weber syndrome: A unified pathophysiologic mechanism

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-54

  Parsa, Cameron F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ANGIOOSTEOHYPERTROPHY SYNDROME; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYE FUNDUS; HEMIANOPIA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REVIEW; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN MALFORMATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 38749141318     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-008-0006-0     Document Type: Review

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