Primary angiitis of the central nervous system: Differential diagnosis and treatment

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 413-426

  Hajj Ali, Rula A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

primary angiitis of the central system; reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; RO ANTIBODY;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADD ON THERAPY; ATAXIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EVENING DOSAGE; GOLD STANDARD; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MENINGITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY ANGIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULITIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEADACHE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; VASCULITIS; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 77956643952     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.12.003     Document Type: Review

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