The expanding phenotype of CLIPPERS: Is it a disease or a syndrome?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-3

  Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; GADOLINIUM; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR51 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LA ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ATROPHY; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLIPPERS SYNDROME; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALOADENITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 84055172759     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-301626     Document Type: Note

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