Association of angiitis of central nervous system, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and Alzheimer's disease: Report of an autopsy case

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1471-1474

  Annweiler, Cédric ^a   Paccalin, Marc ^b   Berrut, Gilles ^c   Hommet, Caroline ^d   Lavigne, Christian ^a   Saint André, Jean Paul ^a   Beauchet, Olivier ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebral angiopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CIRCULATION DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG INFECTION; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 60249103502     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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