Scleroderma and central nervous system vasculitis.
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Scleroderma and central nervous system vasculitis.
We describe a patient with scleroderma (CREST syndrome) and central nervous system vasculitis. While angiography demonstrated segmental symmetrical arterial narrowing characteristic of vasculitis, results of leptomeningeal biopsy were normal. There was no evidence of systemic vasculitis, renal failure, or malignant hypertension previously thought to be required to explain central nervous system...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.22.3.410