Cerebral arteriolar thromboembolism in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-531

  Grigoryan, Mikayel ^a,b   Geisler, Scott D ^a   St Louis, Erik K ^a   Baumbach, Gary L ^a   Davis, Patricia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERIOLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENDOCARDIUM; FATALITY; HEART DISEASE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERIOLES; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65249183812     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.36     Document Type: Article

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