Astrocytic cytoplasmic inclusions within an epileptic focus in an otherwise neurologically intact patient

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 714-716

  Horoupian, Dikran S ^a   Hattab, Eyas M ^b   Heit, Gary ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Cytoplasmic inclusion; Epilepsy; Rosenthal fiber

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADOLESCENT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0038383362     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(03)00182-5     Document Type: Article

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