Childhood CNS vasculitis: A treatable cause of new neurological deficit in children

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 460-461

  Cantez, Serdar ^a   Benseler, Susanne M ^b  

^a International Hospital Istanbul   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIMARY ANGIITIS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CEREBRUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; STROKE; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 51149098525     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0860     Document Type: Article

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