Brain biopsy in the management of neurology patients

European Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-45

  Wong, S H ^a,b,c   Jenkinson, M D ^a   Faragher, B ^b   Thomas, S ^a   Crooks, D ^a   Solomon, T ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c THE WALTON CENTRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SEIZURE; TAUOPATHY; TUBERCULOMA; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954197850     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000315032     Document Type: Article

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