Delayed diagnosis of a neuroBehçet patient with only brainstem and cerebellar atrophy: Literature review

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 160-163

  Taskapilioglu, Ozlem ^a   Seferoglu, Meral ^a   Akkaya, Cengiz ^a   Hakyemez, Bahattin ^a   Yusufoglu, Canan ^a   Basak, A Nazli ^b   Gundogdu, Asli ^b   Bora, Ibrahim ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebellar and brainstem atrophy; Magnetic resonance imaging; NeuroBeh et's Disease; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

PIRACETAM; STEROID;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEMISPHERE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROBEHCET DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 58149312982     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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