Multiple sclerosis with medullary plaques and fatal sleep apnea (Ondine's curse)

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-105

  Auer, R N ^a,b   Rowlands, C G ^a   Perry, S F ^a   Remmers, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Medulla oblongata; Multiple sclerosis; Ondine's curse; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0029985676     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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