Acute imbalance and constitutional syndrome: The answer may lie on the front of the head

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-144

  Riancho, Javier ^a   Infante, Jon ^a   Gonzàlez Vela, Carmen ^a   Carril, Manuel ^a   Bercian, José ^a   Martínez Rodriguez, Isabel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ATAXIA; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSARTHRIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STEROID THERAPY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE;

EID: 84891750844     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130644     Document Type: Note

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