Ultrastructural and immunocytochemical evidence that an incompetent blood-brain barrier is related to the pathophysiology of cavernous malformations

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 188-192

  Clatterbuck, R E ^a   Eberhart, C G ^a   Crain, B J ^a   Rigamonti, D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cavernous malformation; Electron microscopy; Glial fibrillary acidic protein

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEMOSIDERIN;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION; CELL JUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0034925464     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.2.188     Document Type: Article

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