Giant cell arteritis of the basal cerebral arteries: Correlation of MRI, DSA, and histopathology

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1651-1653

  Pfefferkorn, T ^a   Schuller U ^b   Cyran, C ^c   Hufner K ^a   Fesl, G ^d   Seelos, K ^d   Dichgans, M ^a   Pfister, H W ^a   Nikolaou, K ^c   Kretzschmar, H ^b   Saam, T ^c  

^a Departments of Neurology   (Germany)

^b Departments of Neuropathology   (Germany)

^c Departments of Radiology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NEUROIMAGING; PRIMARY ANGIITIS OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIMARY ANGIITIS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 77952478033     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181df0a09     Document Type: Article

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