Erdheim-Chester disease with extensive intraaxial brain stem lesions presenting as a progressive cerebellar syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 576-581

  Evidente, Virgilio Gerald H ^a   Adler, Charles H ^a   Giannini, Caterina ^a   Conley, Christopher R ^a   Parisi, Joseph E ^b   Fletcher, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Erdheim Chester; Histiocytosis; Lipogranulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; XANTHOMA;

AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PONS;

EID: 0031899086     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130335     Document Type: Article

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