Astrocytoma-like multiple sclerosis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-157

  Pakos, E E ^a   Tsekeris, P G ^a   Chatzidimou, K ^a   Goussia, A C ^a   Markoula, S ^a   Argyropoulou, M I ^a   Pitouli, E G ^a   Konitsiotis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Multiple sclerosis; Radiotherapy; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDER; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY URGENCY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 13644263232     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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