Sneddon's syndrome: diagnosis by skin biopsy and MRI in 17 patients.
Author(s) -
Guenther Stockhammer,
Stephan Felber,
B. Zelger,
Norbert Sepp,
G. Birbamer,
Peter Fritsch,
F. Aichner
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.24.5.685
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , biopsy , asymptomatic , magnetic resonance angiography , skin biopsy , stroke (engine) , pathology , vascular disease , surgery , mechanical engineering , engineering
Sneddon's syndrome, characterized by generalized livedo racemosa and cerebrovascular lesions, is an underdiagnosed disease. We evaluated clinical, laboratory, histological, and neuroradiological findings in a series of 17 patients to improve diagnostic criteria for Sneddon's syndrome.
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