Adult cases of Leukoencephalopathy, cerebral calcifications, and cysts: Expanding the spectrum of the disorder

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 432-439

  Kleinschmidt Demasters, Bette Kay ^a,b,e   Cummings, Thomas J ^d   Hulette, Christine M ^d   Morgenlander, Joel C ^a   Corboy, John R ^b,c  

^a Department of Pathology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UCDHSC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomatous malformation; Cerebral calcification; Cerebroretinal microangiopathy; Leukoencephalopathy; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Rosenthal fibers; Vasculitis; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN; CALCINOSIS; CYST; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CALCINOSIS; CYSTS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 65349093906     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e31819fd897     Document Type: Article

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