Hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia and spinal cord infarct: Case report with a review of the neurological complications of HHT

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 484-491

  Espinosa, Patricio S ^a   Pettigrew, L Creed ^b   Berger, Joseph R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia; Osler Weber Rendu disease; Spinal cord infarct; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISTAXIS; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CEREBELLUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 43049159721     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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