Neuropathology of neurocutaneous melanosis: Histological foci of melanotic neurones and glia may be undetectable on MRI

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 453-456

  Kinsler, Veronica A ^a,b   Paine, Simon M L ^a,b   Anderson, Glenn W ^a   Wijesekara, D Saraji ^a   Sebire, Neil J ^a   Chong, Wui K ^a   Harkness, William ^a   Aylett, Sarah E ^a   Jacques, Thomas S ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; MELANIN; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOSIS; NERVE CELL; NEUROCUTANEOUS MELANOBLASTOSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHAKOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIA; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84857923721     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-012-0945-0     Document Type: Note

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