A case of chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS) in East Asia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1115-1119

  Tohge, Rie ^a   Nagao, Masahiro ^a   Yagishita, Akira ^a   Matsubara, Shiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; CLIPPERS; IgE; Neuroinflammation; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC INFLAMMATION WITH PONTINE PERIVASCULAR ENHANCEMENT RESPONSIVE TO STEROIDS; CLIPPERS SYNDROME; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; DISTAL PARESTHESIA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LEG CRAMP; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLEOCYTOSIS; SPASTICITY; VIBRATION SENSE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; STEROIDS; SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84860633750     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7040     Document Type: Article

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