Late-onset sporadic ataxia, pontine lesion, and retroperitoneal fibrosis: A case of Erdheim-Chester disease

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-267

  Salsano, E ^a   Savoiardo, M ^a   Nappini, S ^a   Maderna, E ^a   Pollo, B ^a   Chinaglia, D ^b   Guerra, U ^b   Finocchiaro, G ^a   Pareyson, D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN; TECHNETIUM 99M; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOPLASM; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PONS ANGLE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE AND BONES; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEARING LOSS, CENTRAL; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; PONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 53149093620     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-0978-2     Document Type: Article

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