An autopsied case of neuromyelitis optica with a large cavitary cerebral lesion

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 735-738

  Nakamura, M ^a   Endo, M ^a   Murakami, K ^a   Konno, H ^b   Fujihara, Kazuo ^c   Itoyama, Y ^c  

^a Tohoku Welfare Pension Hospital   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Sendai Nishitaga Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Bilateral optic neuritis; Cerebral lesion; Devic's syndrome; Neuromyelitis optica; Pathology; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 28044467752     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458505ms1236cr     Document Type: Article

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