Varicella zoster CNS vascular complications: A report of four cases and literature review

Neuroradiology Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 327-333

  Chiang, Francisco ^a   Panyaping, Theeraphol ^a   Tedesqui, Gustavo ^a   Sossa, Daniel ^a   Leite, Claudia Costa ^a,b   Castillo, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complication; Imaging; MRI; Varicella zoster; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOLOGIST; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS; STEROID THERAPY;

COMPLICATION; IMAGING; MRI; VARICELLA ZOSTER; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84904801285     PISSN: 19714009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15274/NRJ-2014-10037     Document Type: Article

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