A case of cerebral vasculitis due to neurobartonellosis

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Neurology (M.P., T.G., R.G.), Department of Infectious Diseases (S.J.), Department of Neuroradiology (S.F.), and Department of Interventional Neuroradiology (R.K.), Houston Methodist Hospital, TX; Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine (F.M.), Bryan; and Department of Interventional Neurology (C.C.), Texas Stroke Institute, Plano. mpoursheykhi@houstonmethodist.org.
² From the Department of Neurology (M.P., T.G., R.G.), Department of Infectious Diseases (S.J.), Department of Neuroradiology (S.F.), and Department of Interventional Neuroradiology (R.K.), Houston Methodist Hospital, TX; Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine (F.M.), Bryan; and Department of Interventional Neurology (C.C.), Texas Stroke Institute, Plano.

Case Reports

Meryim Poursheykhi et al. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 4;7(5):e791.

doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000791. Print 2020 Sep.

¹ From the Department of Neurology (M.P., T.G., R.G.), Department of Infectious Diseases (S.J.), Department of Neuroradiology (S.F.), and Department of Interventional Neuroradiology (R.K.), Houston Methodist Hospital, TX; Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine (F.M.), Bryan; and Department of Interventional Neurology (C.C.), Texas Stroke Institute, Plano. mpoursheykhi@houstonmethodist.org.
² From the Department of Neurology (M.P., T.G., R.G.), Department of Infectious Diseases (S.J.), Department of Neuroradiology (S.F.), and Department of Interventional Neuroradiology (R.K.), Houston Methodist Hospital, TX; Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine (F.M.), Bryan; and Department of Interventional Neurology (C.C.), Texas Stroke Institute, Plano.

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