Review: Diagnosis and treatment of cerebral vasculitis

Vasculitides are characterized by inflammation and necrosis of the blood vessel wall. Large vessels including the aorta are affected in giant-cell arteritis, medium-size arteries in classic polyarteritis nodosa. The small-vessel vasculitides are separated in those with antineutrophil cytoplasm antib...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peter Berlit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-01-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1756285609347123