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Case Reports
. 1991 Mar;83(3):201-3.
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1991.tb04678.x.

Sneddon syndrome presenting with hemicranic attacks: a case report

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Sneddon syndrome presenting with hemicranic attacks: a case report

A Martinelli et al. Acta Neurol Scand. 1991 Mar.

Abstract

The case of a young woman suffering from a rare cerebrovascular disease associated with livedo reticularis (Sneddon syndrome) is reported. Hemicranic attacks were the first symptom detected. The patient had a progressive clinical course of neurologic symptoms. Cerebral CT scan, NMR and cerebral arteriography revealed a progressive cerebral multifarctual feature involving middle-size arteries.

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  • Sneddon's syndrome.
    Bruyn RP. Bruyn RP. Acta Neurol Scand. 1991 Nov;84(5):460. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1991.tb04993.x. Acta Neurol Scand. 1991. PMID: 1776397 No abstract available.

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