Diagnostic yield of brain biopsy in neurodegenerative disorders

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 823-830

  Javedan, Sam P ^a   Tamargo, Rafael J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; CNS vasculitis; Dementia; Encephalitis; Herpes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030793826     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199710000-00011     Document Type: Article

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