Acute, relapsing brain oedema with diffuse blood-brain barrier alteration and axonal damage in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-216

  Gray, F ^a,e   Belec L ^b   Chretien F ^c   Dubreuil Lemaire, M L ^d   Ricolfi, F ^d   Wingertsmann, L ^a,c   Poron, F ^d   Gherardi, R ^d  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^c Fac de Med Paris Ouest   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); Axonal damage; Blood brain barrier; Central nervous system; Cytokines; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DYSARTHRIA; HEADACHE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPTOMENINX; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONSIL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AXONS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECURRENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031874689     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.1998.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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