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. 2017 Jul;7(3):145-146.
doi: 10.1177/1941874416669283. Epub 2016 Sep 15.

Meningovascular Syphilis

Jiaying Zhang  1 , Anthony Izzo  2
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Meningovascular Syphilis

Jiaying Zhang et al. Neurohospitalist. 2017 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: infectious vasculitis; meningovascular syphilis; stroke.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
A, Axial diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrates acute infarction in the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory. B, Coronal computed tomography angiography (CTA) maximal intensity projection (MIP) of the head shows critical stenosis of the left MCA (arrow). C, Sagittal CTA MIP of the head shows near occlusion of the basilar artery (arrows).
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