Vasculitis revealed by posterior stroke

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-83

  Goedhart de Haan, A M S ^a   Pans, S J A ^a   Lensen, K D F ^b   Meijerink, M R ^a   Comans, E F I ^a   Smulders, Y M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Giant cell arteritis; Positron emission tomography; Vertebral artery insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALAISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PERIMETRY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; VASCULITIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84858609889     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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