The spectrum of Susac's syndrome

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-64

  Pawate, Siddharama ^a   Agarwal, Anita ^a   Moses, Harold ^a   Sriram, Subramaniam ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch retinal artery occlusion; Encephalopathy; Sensorineural hearing loss; Susac's syndrome

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERFERON; MEPREDNISONE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIPLOPIA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; SUSAC SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COCHLEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; STEROIDS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60449111431     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-0004-8     Document Type: Article

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