Treatment of small vessel primary CNS vasculitis in children: An open-label cohort study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1078-1084

  Hutchinson, Clare ^a   Elbers, Jorina ^a   Halliday, William ^a   Branson, Helen ^a   Laughlin, Suzanne ^a   Armstrong, Derek ^a   Hawkins, Cynthia ^a   Westmacott, Robyn ^a   Benseler, Susanne M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77957967997     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70243-X     Document Type: Article

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