Widespread thalamic and cerebellar degeneration in a patient with a complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP)

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-211

  Seidel, K ^a   De Vos, Rai ^b   Derksen, L ^c   Bauer, P ^d   Riess, O ^d   den Dunnen, W ^e   Deller, T ^a   Hageman, G ^c   Rub U ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Laboratorium Pathologie Oost Nederland   (Netherlands)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cerebellum; Neurodegeneration; Pathoanatomy; Spinal cord; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSARTHRIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; THALAMUS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PREVALENCE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; THALAMUS;

EID: 62749184861     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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