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Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Research Center, Harvard Medical School
Andreas Charidimou practices in London, United Kingdom. Charidimou is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Siderosis. He is also highly rated in 15 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Siderosis, Primary Amyloidosis, and Stroke.
Brigham Health
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Department Of Neurology
Steven Greenberg is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Greenberg has been practicing medicine for over 35 years and is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Siderosis. He is also highly rated in 29 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Inclusion Body Myositis, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Myositis, and Primary Amyloidosis. He is board certified in Neurology, American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology and Vascular Neurology, American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology and licensed to treat patients in Massachusetts. Greenberg is currently accepting new patients.
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust
Dudley Pennell practices in London, United Kingdom. Pennell is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Siderosis. He is also highly rated in 29 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Siderosis, Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), Heart Transplant, and Angioplasty.
Background: In stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT), presence and high number of strictly lobar cerebral microbleeds (compatible with cerebral amyloid angiopathy, CAA) seems to be associated with increased risk of hemorrhagic transformation, symptomatic hemorrhagic transformation, remote hemorrhage, and poor functional outcome. Some of these reported CAA patients with cerebral microblee...
Summary: The treatment of leg veins and varicosis with sclerotherapy is one of the most frequently performed medical intervention in the western world. The most common local side effects of this treatment are hyperpigmentations caused by hemosiderin deposition in the skin as well as post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. Although skin hyperpigmentation after sclerotherapy is a common over several months up t...