Amyloid-β-related angiitis: A rare cause of recurrent transient neurological symptoms

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 279-283

  Amick, Amy ^a   Joseph, Jeff ^b   Silvestri, Nicholas ^a   Selim, Magdy ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALENDRONIC ACID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; METFORMIN; MULTIVITAMIN; PREDNISONE; QUINAPRIL; SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSARTHRIA; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HAND GRIP; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEGLECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLURRED SPEECH; WEAKNESS;

AGED; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RECURRENCE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 43149114407     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0769     Document Type: Article

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