Reappraisal of aquaporin-4 astrocytopathy in asian neuromyelitis optica and multiple sclerosis patients

Brain Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 516-532

  Matsuoka, Takeshi ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi O ^a   Suenaga, Toshihiko ^b   Iwaki, Toru ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

antibody; aquaporin 4; astrocyte; multiple sclerosis; neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; CHILD; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 80051890726     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2011.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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