Giant cell angiitis of the central nervous system with atypical presentation

Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 434-438

  Ciappetta, Pasqualino ^a   D'Urso, Pietro Ivo ^a   Colamaria, Antonio ^a   Lauta, Enrico ^a   Cimmino, Antonia ^b   D'Urso, Oscar Fernando ^a   Rossi, Roberta ^b   Resta, Leonardo ^b   Ingravallo, Giuseppe ^b  

^a Departments of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

cerebral hemorrhage; CNS vasculitis; giant cell angiitis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VASCULITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; GIANT CELLS; HEMATOMA; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77954829240     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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