Uncommon findings in idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 548-555

  Rossi, Simone ^a   Giannini, Fabio ^a   Cerase, Alfonso ^a   Bartalini, Sabina ^a   Tripodi, Sergio ^b   Volpi, Nila ^b   Vatti, Giampaolo ^a   Passero, Stefano ^a   Galluzzi, Paolo ^a   Ulivelli, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Immunohistochemistry; MRI; Pachymeningitis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DURA MATER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SKULL BASE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; THICKNESS;

AGED; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DURA MATER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2542499887     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0362-y     Document Type: Article

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