Cortical petechial hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage and corticosteroid-responsive leukoencephalopathy in a patient with cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Amyloid

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-64

  Machida, Kazuko ^a   Tojo, Kana ^a   Naito, Ko Suke ^a   Gono, Takahisa ^a   Nakata, Yoshikazu ^b   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid protein; Amyloid related angiitis; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Cerebral hemorrhage; Corticosteroid treatment; Leukoencephalopathy; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 39049138044     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506120701815589     Document Type: Article

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