Primary central nervous system vasculitis with prominent leptomeningeal enhancement: A subset with a benign outcome

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 595-603

  Salvarani, Carlo ^a,b   Brown Jr , Robert D ^b   Calamia, Kenneth T ^c   Christianson, Teresa J H ^b   Huston III, John ^b   Meschia, James F ^c   Giannini, Caterina ^b   Miller, Dylan V ^b   Hunder, Gene G ^b  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETANERCEPT; GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINX; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 39449094984     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23300     Document Type: Article

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