Is the brain biopsy obligatory or not for the diagnosis of Schilder's disease? Review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-6

  Yilmaz, Yuksel ^a,b   Kocaman, Canan ^a   Karabagli, Hakan ^a   Ozek, Memet ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral mass; Diffuse myelinoclastic sclerosis; Schilder's disease; Steroid

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; STEROID;

BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHILDER DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION;

BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEROIDS;

EID: 36549040541     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0411-9     Document Type: Review

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