Neurosarcoidosis: Correlation of cerebrospinal fluid findings with diffuse leptomeningeal gadolinium enhancement on MRI and clinical disease activity

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 124-130

  Wengert, Oliver ^a   Rothenfusser Korber, Eva ^b   Vollrath, Boris ^a   Bohner, Georg ^a   Scheibe, Franziska ^a   Otto, Carolin ^a   Hofmann, Jörg ^a   Angstwurm, Klemens ^b   Ruprecht, Klemens ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Gadolinium; Leptomeningeal enhancement; MRI; Neurosarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MENINX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GADOLINIUM; LEPTOMENINGEAL ENHANCEMENT; MRI; NEUROSARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGES; MIDDLE AGED; PUBMED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888134669     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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