Primary angiitis of the central nervous system: Experience of a Victorian tertiary-referral hospital

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 685-692

  Oon, S ^a,b   Roberts, C ^c   Gorelik, A ^c   Wicks, I ^a,b   Brand, C ^c,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; Cerebral angiography; Cerebral vasculitis; Immunosuppression; Primary angiitis of the central nervous system

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY ANGIITIS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879007991     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12038     Document Type: Article

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