Amyloid β-related angiitis of the central nervous system: Report of 3 cases

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 626-630

  Rigby, Heather ^a,b   Easton, Alexander ^a,b   Bhan, Virender ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; VASCULITIS;

AGED; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAU PROTEINS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 80053300504     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100012178     Document Type: Article

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