Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation presenting with rapidly progressive dementia, responsive to IVIg

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 347-349

  Cenina, Alvin R F ^a   De Leon, Jasmyn ^a   Tay, Kay Yaw ^a,b   Wong, Chin Fong ^b   Kandiah, Nagaendran ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Dementia; Inflammation; IVIg

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

AGED; AGRAPHESTHESIA; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ASTEREOGNOSIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY RELATED INFLAMMATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; COMPLICATION; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFLAMMATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84940463302     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000084     Document Type: Article

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