High-resolution MRI vessel wall imaging in varicella zoster virus vasculopathy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 168-173

  Cheng Ching, Esteban ^a   Jones, Stephen ^a   Hui, Ferdinand K ^a   Man, Shumei ^b   Gilden, Don ^c   Bhimraj, Adarsh ^a   Uchino, Ken ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; High resolution; MRI; Treatment; Varicella zoster virus; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS VASCULOPATHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; COMPLICATION; HERPES ZOSTER; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84926418121     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.02.017     Document Type: Article

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