Recurrent leukoencephalopathy with microhemorrhages: Gradient-echo MRI study diagnostic value in CNS primary angiitis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1139-1141

  Arias Gómez, Manuel ^a   Osorio, X R ^a   Dapena, D ^a   Arias Rivas, S ^a   Vazquez F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demyelinating encephalopathy; Echo gradient MRI; Primary angiitis of CNS

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CHARACTER DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRITABILITY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UVEITIS; VOMITING; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECURRENCE; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 58149333784     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458508094642     Document Type: Article

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