Neuromyelitis optica with intraspinal expansion of Schwann cell remyelination

Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-433

  Ikota, Hayato ^a,c   Iwasaki, Akira ^b   Kawarai, Mitsue ^a,c   Nakazato, Yoichi ^c  

^a Fukaya Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b Fukaya Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

aquaporin 4; Demyelinating diseases; multiple sclerosis; neuromyelitis optica; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JAPANESE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD LESION; STEROID THERAPY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AQUAPORIN 4; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77954824599     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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