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Isolated angiitis of the central nervous system
Author(s) -
Craven Robert S.,
French John K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410180216
Subject(s) - central nervous system , neuroscience , medicine , nervous system , biology
Angiitis confined to the central nervous system is a rare; disorder in which inflammation and consequent irregular narrowings of medium‐sized cerebral arteries are prominent. Clinical and radiological features in 3 patients with this condition are described. All patients responded to either steroid or steroid plus azathioprine therapy.