Light chain deposition disease restricted to the brain: the first case report

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 179-184

  Popović, Mara ^a   Tavćar, Rok ^b   Glavač, Damjan ^a   Volavšek, Metka ^a   Pirtošek, Zvezdan ^c   Vizjak, Alenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

light chain; Hypoxic leucoencephalopathy; Light chain deposition disease vasculopathy; Monoclonal B cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; THIOFLAVINE;

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONAL VARIATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT CHAIN; LIGHT CHAIN DEPOSITION DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEFECT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID;

EID: 33845307257     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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