Neurosarcoidosis-related intracranial haemorrhage: Three new cases and a systematic review of the literature

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-78

  O'Dwyer, J P ^a   Al Moyeed, B A ^b   Farrell, M A ^c   Pidgeon, C N ^c   Collins, D R ^a   Fahy, A ^a   Gibney, J ^a   Swan, N ^d   Dempsey, O J ^b   Kidd, D P ^e   Reid, J M ^b   Smyth, S ^a   Mccabe, D J H ^a,e  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunology; Intracranial haemorrhage; Neuropathology; Neurosarcoidosis; Stroke; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DICLOFENAC; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FATIGUE; GOUT; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOANDROGENISM; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSARCOIDOSIS RELATED INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871645515     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03783.x     Document Type: Article

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