Vessel wall contrast enhancement: A diagnostic sign of cerebral vasculitis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-29

  Küker, Wilhelm ^a,d   Gaertner, Susanne ^b   Nägele, Thomas ^b   Dopfer, Christian ^b   Schöning, Martin ^b   Fiehler, Jens ^a   Rothwell, Peter M ^a   Herrlinger, Ulrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasculitis; Stenosis; Vessel wall contrast enhancement

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 46449111366     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000135649     Document Type: Article

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