A forgotten cause of central nervous system vasculitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 655-

  Kakumani, Praveena L ^a   Hajj Ali, Rula A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYPHILIS; VIRUS LOAD; WEAKNESS; WESTERN BLOTTING; NEUROSYPHILIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PENICILLIN G; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 65649120053     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080605     Document Type: Article

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