Characteristic brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities in central nervous system aquaporin-4 autoimmunity

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1229-1236

  Kim, Woojun ^a   Min Su Park, ^a   Sang Hyun Lee, ^a   Kim, Su Hyun ^a   In Ja Jung, ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^b   Misu, Tatsuro ^b   Fujihara, Kazuo ^b   Kim, Ho Jin ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; atuoimmunity; brain abnormality; MRI; neuromyelitis optica; neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODY; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN WATER; CAPSULA INTERNA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEMYELINATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, CNS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77957572192     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458510376640     Document Type: Article

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