Incomplete Susac syndrome exacerbated after natalizumab
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Incomplete Susac syndrome exacerbated after natalizumab
A 66-year-old man with hypertension presented with right-sided numbness and slurred speech. MRI revealed a large left frontoparietal area of T2-weighted hyperintensity with focus of central enhancement (figure, A and B). The patient’s symptoms self-resolved within weeks. Over the next 2 years, he experienced multiple relapses including encephalopathy characterized by headache with motor aphasia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology - Neuroimmunology Neuroinflammation
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2332-7812
DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000000151