Susac syndrome: A report of four cases and a review of the literature

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-16

  van der Kooij, S M ^a   van Buchem, M A ^b   Overbeek, O M ^b   Dijkman, G ^b   Huizinga, T W J ^b  

^a HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Branch retinal artery occlusion; Early treatment; Multidisciplinary cooperation; Resolution of MRI lesions; Subacute encephalopathy; Susac syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; SERTRALINE;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ANEMIA; ATAXIA; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; BRANCH RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORAL PARESTHESIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SUSAC SYNDROME; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUSAC SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923009698     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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