Steroid responsive encephalopathy in cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a case report and review of evidence for immunosuppressive treatment

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a common but often asymptomatic disease, characterized by deposition of amyloid in cerebral blood vessels. We describe the successful treatment of CAA encephalopathy with dexamethasone in a patient with CAA-related inflammation causing subacute progressive enceph...

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Autores principales: Kloppenborg, Raoul P, Richard, Edo, Sprengers, Marieke ES, Troost, Dirk, Eikelenboom, Piet, Nederkoorn, Paul J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20214781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-7-18

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20214781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-7-18

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