Diffusion restriction in the splenium of the corpus callosum in a patient with the syndrome of transient headache with neurological deficits and CSF lymphocytosis (HaNDL): A challenge to the diagnostic criteria?

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-69

  Raets, Ivan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Corpus callosum; Diffusion restriction; Headache; Lymphocytic meningitis; Migraine

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DYSARTHRIA; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; VOMITING;

EID: 84865463026     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-012-0018-0     Document Type: Article

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