Vessel wall MRI to differentiate between reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome and central nervous system vasculitis: Preliminary results

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 860-862

  Mandell, Daniel M ^a   Matouk, Charles C ^a   Farb, Richard I ^a   Krings, Timo ^a   Agid, Ronit ^a   Terbrugge, Karel ^a   Willinsky, Robert A ^a   Swartz, Richard H ^b   Silver, Frank L ^c   Mikulis, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance imaging; reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; vasculitis; vasoconstriction; vessel wall

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULITIS; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE VASCULOPATHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; SYNDROME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857654927     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.626184     Document Type: Article

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