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Case Report: Amyloid Beta-Related Angiitis of the Central Nervous System

Alexandros Grivas, MD, Nikil Revuri, MD, Aleksandra Karaseva, MD, Basimah AlBalooshy, MD, & Andres M. Ponce, MD  |  Issue: October 2024  |  

Alexandros Grivas, MD, is a resident in the division of internal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia.

Nikil Revuri, MD, is a rheumatologist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia. Aleksandra Karaseva, MD, is a resident in the division of pathology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia.

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Basimah AlBalooshy, MD, is a radiologist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia.

Andres M. Ponce, MD, is a rheumatologist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia.

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