Spinal cord biopsy findings of anti-aquaporin-4 antibody-negative recurrent longitudinal myelitis in a patient with sicca symptoms and hepatitis C viral infection: Case Report

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-479

  Takahashi Fujigasaki, Junko ^a   Takagi, Satoshi ^a   Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi ^a   Inoue, Kiyoharu ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune response; Hepatitis C viral infection; Longitudinal recurrent myelitis; Sicca symptoms; Spinal cord biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AQUAPORIN 4; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LONGITUDINAL MYELITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY; SPINAL CORD LESION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; AQUAPORIN 4; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MYELITIS; RECURRENCE; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 67651250518     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2008.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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