Brain magnetic resonance imaging white-matter lesions and cerebrospinal fluid findings in patients with acute intermittent porphyria

European Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Bylesjö, Ingemar ^a,b   Brekke, Ole Lars ^a   Prytz, Jan ^a   Skjeflo, Trine ^a   Salvesen, Rolf ^a  

^a NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute intermittent porphyria; Cerebrospinal fluid; Diabetes mellitus; Hyperglycemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Oligoclonal bands; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN WEIGHT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIQUID; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENOUS BLOOD; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AXONS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0346786142     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074909     Document Type: Article

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