MRI showing white matter lesions and multiple lobar microbleeds in a patient with reversible encephalopathy

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-91

  Alcalay, Roy N ^a,b   Smith, Eric E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Angiopathy; Corticosteroids; Encephalopathy; Inflammatory; Microbleeds

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DELIRIUM; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; VASCULITIS; WHITE MATTER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 58149359231     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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