Reversible acute leukoencephalopathy as a form of presentation in cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 190-193

  Cano, L M ^a   Martinez Yelamos S ^a   Majos C ^a   Alberti M A ^a   Boluda, S ^a   Velasco, R ^a   Rubio, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Cerebral haemorrhage; Leukoencephalopathy; MRI

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71049169618     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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