Brain biopsy in children with primary small-vessel central nervous system vasculitis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 602-610

  Elbers, Jorina ^a   Halliday, William ^a   Hawkins, Cynthia ^a   Hutchinson, Clare ^a   Benseler, Susanne M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SMALL VESSEL CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 78249267872     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22075     Document Type: Article

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