Adult-onset subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: Clinico-pathological findings in 2 new cases

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 110-118

  Ortega Aznar, A ^a   Romero Vidal, F J ^a   Castellvi J ^a   Ferrer, J M ^b   Codina, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult onset; Cowdry A bodies; Magnetic resonance imaging; Measles virus; Neurofibrillary tangles; Pregnancy; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; Tauopathies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASLES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TAUOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEASLES VIRUS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PREGNANCY; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0038782903     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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