Evaluation of brain biopsy in the diagnosis of severe neurologic disease of unknown etiology

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-239

  Burns, Joseph D ^a   Cadigan, Rebecca O ^b   Russell, James A ^c,d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Brain biopsy; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Dementia; Encephalopathy; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 60349114602     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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