A brief review of Susac syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 322, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Kleffner, I ^a   Duning, T ^a   Lohmann, H ^a   Deppe, M ^a   Basel, T ^a   Promesberger, J ^a   Dorr J ^b   Schwindt, W ^a   Ringelstein, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endotheliopathy; Microangiopathy; Susac syndrome; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRANCH RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SUSAC SYNDROME; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROIMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SKIN; SUSAC SYNDROME;

EID: 84867572022     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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