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Visualizing Impairment of the Endothelial and Glial Barriers of the Neurovascular Unit during Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis In Vivo
Published on: March 26, 2019
[Central nervous system vasculitis]
Aki Hietaharju1, Tom Pettersson, Dan C E Nordström
1TAYS, neuroalat ja kuntoutus, PL 2000, 33521 Tampere.
Abstract:
Central nervous system vasculitides are rare and life-threatening diseases with challenging diagnostics. Their neurological symptom spectrum is multifaceted: the patient may have intense headache, confusion, decreased cognitive function, changes in consciousness, epileptic attacks and symptoms resembling multiple sclerosis. Angiographic investigations, magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and examination of cerebrospinal fluid will clarify the diagnosis, but brain biopsy may be required to confirm the diagnosis. In differential diagnostics, special attention should be paid to cerebrovascular vasoconstriction syndromes. Standard therapy of cerebral vasculitis includes corticosteroids often combined with immunosuppressants.
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