Good outcome in a patient treated for cerebral amyloid angiopathy presenting as an expansive process with inflammation and contrast enhancement

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Bekkelund, S I ^a   Midtbu, C E ^a   Arvola, L ^a   Eldevik, O P ^a   Lindal, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADULT; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79954508268     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2474     Document Type: Letter

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