Pathology of pure hippocampal sclerosis in a patient with dementia and Hodgkin's disease: The Ophelia syndrome

Neuropathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-360

  Shinohara, Toshiya ^a   Kojima, Hideaki ^d   Nakamura, Nishio ^a   Ogata, Akihiko ^a   Betsuyaku, Tomoko ^a   Suzuki, Akihiko ^b   Maki, Youichi ^c   Nagashima, Kazuo ^a,e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Iwamizawa Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Maki Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia and amnesia; Hippocampal sclerosis; Hodgkin's lymphoma; Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OPHELIA SYNDROME; PANCYTOPENIA; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; SYMPTOM; BRAIN DISEASE; MEMORY DISORDER; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; DEMENTIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 33644829547     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2005.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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