The role of imaging in the diagnosis of central nervous system vasculitis

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-170

  Gomes, Lavier J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central nervous system vasculitis; CTA; DSA; MRA; MRI; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GADOLINIUM; SULFONAMIDE;

AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFECTION; LARGE VESSEL VASCULITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDIUM VESSEL VASCULITIS; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASCULITIS; VASOSPASM;

AGE FACTORS; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77952093929     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-010-0102-6     Document Type: Review

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