Susac's syndrome - Pathogenesis, clinical variants and treatment approaches

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 814-821

  Greco, Antonio ^a   De Virgilio, Armando ^a   Gallo, Andrea ^a   Fusconi, Massimo ^a   Turchetta, Rosaria ^a   Tombolini, Mario ^a   Rizzo, Maria Ida ^a   De Vincentiis, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endotheliopathy; Retinal artery occlusion; Sensorineural hearing loss; Susac's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RITUXIMAB;

ANTICOAGULATION; AUDIOMETRY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SUSAC SYNDROME; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ENDOTHELIOPATHY; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; SUSAC'S SYNDROME;

BRAIN; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKIN DISEASES; SUSAC SYNDROME;

EID: 84902161346     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: 18730183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.04.004     Document Type: Review

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