Primary angiitis of the central nervous system

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 704-709

  Birnbaum, Julius ^a   Hellmann, David B ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 67049088031     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.76     Document Type: Review

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