Characteristics of Susac syndrome: A review of all reported cases

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 307-316

  Dörr, Jan ^a   Krautwald, Sarah ^a   Wildemann, Brigitte ^b   Jarius, Sven ^b   Ringelstein, Marius ^c   Duning, Thomas ^d   Aktas, Orhan ^c   Ringelstein, Erich Bernd ^d   Paul, Friedemann ^a   Kleffner, Ilka ^d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETANERCEPT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NIMODIPINE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; RITUXIMAB;

ANTIBODY TITER; APATHY; ATAXIA; AUDIOMETRY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; EAR DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EUROPE; EYE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENINGEAL BIOPSY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORTH AMERICA; NOSE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUSAC SYNDROME; THROAT DISEASE; TINNITUS; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SUSAC SYNDROME;

EID: 84878941894     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.82     Document Type: Review

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