Takayasu arteritis presenting as cerebral aneurysms in an 18 month old: A case report

Pediatric Rheumatology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Weiss, Pamela F ^a   Corao, Diana A ^a   Pollock, Avrum N ^a   Finkel, Terri H ^a   Smith, Sabrina E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; STENT; TUBE FEEDING; VASOSPASM; VOMITING;

EID: 45249116615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15460096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-6-4     Document Type: Article

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