Unilateral supratentorial lesion due to rheumatoid meningitis on MRI

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 1947-1948

  Yaguchi, Masamitsu ^a   Yaguchi, Hisa ^a  

^a Shinoda General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meningitis; MRI; Rheumatoid arthritis; Unilateral lesion

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DELIRIUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CEREBRUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 56349159542     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1495     Document Type: Article

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