Susac syndrome: A case report and PET imaging findings

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-230

  Dielman, Charlotte ^a   Laureys, Guy ^a   Meurs, Alfred ^a   Bissay, Veronique ^a   Ebinger, Guy ^a  

^a Department of Neurology UZ Brussels ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Multiple sclerosis; PET scan; Susac syndrome; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SUSAC SYNDROME; VISION;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETINAL VESSELS; SUSAC SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350499215     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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