Activated microglia in the subthalamic nucleus in hyperglycaemic hemiballism: A case report

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1175-1177

  Maeda, Kengo ^a   Katayama, Yuri ^a   Sugimoto, Toshiro ^a   Somura, Mariko ^a   Kajino, Yuri ^a   Ogasawara, Kazumasa ^a   Yasuda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; SODIUM; UREA; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARREST; HEMIBALLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LETTER; MALE; MICROGLIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; DYSKINESIA; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

DYSKINESIAS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 77958116990     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.171116     Document Type: Letter

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