B-cell dominant lymphocytic primary angiitis of the central nervous system: Four biopsy-proven cases

Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-130

  Myung, Jaekyung ^a   Kim, Bomi ^a   Yoon, Byung Woo ^a   Lee, Sang Kun ^a   Sung, Jung Joon ^a   Chung, Chun Kee ^a   Chang, Kee Hyun ^a   Park, Sung Hye ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Immunohistochemistry; Pathology; Primary angiitis of central nervous system; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSOMNIA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77949907963     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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