Adult primary central nervous system vasculitis

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9843, 2012, Pages 767-777

  Salvarani, Carlo ^a   Brown, Robert D ^b   Hunder, Gene G ^c  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETANERCEPT; GELATINASE B; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NIMODIPINE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STROKE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 84865384450     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60069-5     Document Type: Review

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