Clinicopathologic features and outcomes of neuro-Behçet disease in Spain: A study of 20 patients

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 536-541

  Riera Mestre, A ^a   Martinez Yelamos S ^a   Martinez Yelamos A ^b   Ferrer, I ^a   Pujol, R ^a   Vidaller, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE VILADECANS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Brain; CNS inflammation; Neurological involvement; Perivasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTROCYTOSIS; ATAXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONUS; COMA; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HORNER SYNDROME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPESTHESIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MENINGISM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLEDEMA; PARENCHYMA; PARESTHESIA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANKIN SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SEIZURE; SPAIN; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649515938     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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