Scleroderma "en coup de sabre": Pathological evidence of intracerebral inflammation

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 382-385

  Stone, J ^a   Franks, A J ^b   Guthrie, J A ^c   Johnson, M H ^c  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central nervous system inflammation; Progressive facial hemiatrophy; Scleroderma "en coup de sabre"

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA;

ADULT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED;

EID: 0035088157     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.70.3.382     Document Type: Article

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