Neurosarcoidosis - The great mimicker

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 859-864

  Walid, Mohammad Sami ^a   Ajjan, Mohammed ^b   Grigorian, Arthur A ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Georgia Neurosurgical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurosarcoidosis; Ophthalmic; Paralysis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FROZEN SECTION; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 47749132363     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31382-1     Document Type: Article

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