Nonvasculitic autoimmune inflammatory meningoencephalitis

Neuropathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-152

  Josephs, Keith A ^a   Rubino, Frank A ^a   Dickson, Dennis W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Panencephalitis; Steroid responsive

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; STEROID;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEOPLASM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONVASCULITIC AUTOIMMUNE INFLAMMATORY MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 2442567795     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2004.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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