Mycoplasmal panencephalitis: A neuropathologic documentation

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-148

  Powers, James M ^a   Johnson, Mahlon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CD68 ANTIGEN; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL LABELING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR OLIVE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANENCEPHALITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NEURONS;

EID: 84863420630     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-012-0960-1     Document Type: Article

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