Post-mortem MRI-guided sampling of multiple sclerosis brain lesions: Increased yield of active demyelinating and (p)reactive lesions

Brain

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1635-1645

  De Groot, C J A ^a,b   Bergers, E ^b   Kamphorst, W ^a   Ravid, R ^c   Polman, C H ^b   Barkhof, F ^b   Van Der Valk, P ^a  

^a Department of Pathology   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS BRAIN BANK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain tissue; Immunohistochemistry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microglia; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; LIQUID NITROGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

EID: 0034906715     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/124.8.1635     Document Type: Article

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