Investigation of childhood central nervous system vasculitis: magnetic resonance angiography versus catheter cerebral angiography

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 863-867

  Eleftheriou, Despina ^a   Cox, Tim ^b   Saunders, Dawn ^b   Klein, Nigel J ^a   Brogan, Paul A ^a   Ganesan, Vijeya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; BRAIN; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77955159493     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03591.x     Document Type: Article

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