Amyloid-beta related angiitis of the central nervous system: Case report and topic review

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 5 FEB, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Nouh, Amre ^a   Borys, Ewa ^a   Gierut, Angelica K ^a   Biller, José ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid beta related angiitis; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy related inflammation; Leptomeningeal enhancement; Primary angiitis of the central nervous system

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ETIRACETAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

AGED; AMYLOID BETA RELATED ANGIITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EEG ABNORMALITY; FACE ASYMMETRY; HEMIPARESIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LEPTOMENINX; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MENINGEAL BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SLURRED SPEECH; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84895530841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00013     Document Type: Article

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