Cerebral abscesses among Danish patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 192-197

  Kjeldsen, A D ^a   Torring P M ^a   Nissen, H ^a   Andersen, P E ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cerebral abscess; Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia; Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation; Screening

Indexed keywords

ENDOGLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; RISK;

CEREBRAL ABSCESS; HEREDITARY HAEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; SCREENING;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIGENS, CD; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BRAIN ABSCESS; DENMARK; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892833618     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12167     Document Type: Article

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