An autopsy case of acute multiple sclerosis (Marburg's type) during pregnancy

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 514-517

  Letournel, F ^a   Cassereau, J ^a   Scherer Gagou, C ^a   Bernard, I ^b   Mercat, A ^a   Gray, F ^c   Tanguy, J Y ^a   Richard Cremieux I ^a   Jeanfaivre, Th ^a   Barthelaix, A ^a   Dubas, F ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Service de Neurologie   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Marburg; Multiple sclerosis; Neuropathology; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MITOXANTRONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DEMYELINATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STEROIDS;

EID: 43449084921     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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