Destruction of neurons by cytotoxic T cells: A new pathogenic mechanism in Rasmussen's encephalitis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 311-318

  Bien, Christian G ^a   Bauer, Jan ^b   Deckwerth, Thomas L ^c   Wiendl, Heinz ^d   Deckert, Martina ^a   Wiestler, Otmar D ^a   Schramm, Johannes ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a   Lassmann, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANZYME B; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DEAFFERENTATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD3; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GRANZYMES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036198111     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10100     Document Type: Article

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