Cerebellar leukoencephalopathy: Most likely histiocytosis-related

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1361-1367

  Van Der Knaap, M S ^a,o   Arts, W F M ^b   Garbern, J Y ^c   Hedlund, G ^d   Winkler, F ^e   Barbosa, C ^f   King, M D ^g   Bjornstad A ^h   Hussain, N ⁱ   Beyer, M K ^j   Gomez, C ^k   Patterson, M C ^l   Grattan Smith, P ^m   Timmons, M ⁿ   Van Der Valk, P ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

^g CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^h OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^j STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^l MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^m SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^o VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HISTIOCYTE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LANGERHANS CELL; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MONOCYTE; NEUROIMAGING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; WHITE MATTER; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55449128643     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000327680.74910.93     Document Type: Article

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