Gliomatosis cerebri: A possible clinical and neuroradiologic "stroke Mimic"

Neurologist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-85

  Manara, Renzo ^a   Marasco, Rita ^a   Citton, Valentina ^a   Calderone, Milena ^a   Pos, Sandro Dal ^a   Briani, Chiara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT; gliomatosis cerebri; stroke; thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; INOSITOL;

AGED; AMNESIA; APHASIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GLIOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYLVIAN FISSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952423663     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181e7db51     Document Type: Article

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