An autopsy case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with waldenström macroglobulinemia and anti-MAG gammopathy

Case Reports in Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 294-300

  Jurici, Snejana ^a   Laquerrière, Annie ^b   Bedat Millet, Anne Laure ^a,b   Jardin, Fabrice ^c   Musset, Lucile ^e   Vallat, Jean Michel ^f   Hannequin, Didier ^a,d   Martinaud, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Anti MAG; Waldenstr m macroglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; APHAGIA; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INCLUSION; CHROMATOLYTIC CELL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAMMOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNODETECTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN ANTIBODY GAMMOPATHY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SLURRED SPEECH; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TONGUE; TREATMENT DURATION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 84855817097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1662680X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335004     Document Type: Article

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