Unihemispheric central nervous system vasculitis
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Unihemispheric central nervous system vasculitis
Patients with primary central nervous system vasculitis (PCNSV) usually manifest with multiple enhancing bilateral hemispheric lesions. We presented an extremely rare clinical course and follow-up of a patient with PCNSV affecting only a single (right) hemisphere. A 33-year-old previously healthy man presented with a left hand clonic seizure followed by a secondary generalized tonic-clonic seiz...
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عنوان ژورنال: eNeurologicalSci
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2405-6502
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensci.2017.05.003