Cutting-edge questions about CLIPPERS (Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation with Pontine Perivascular Enhancement Responsive to Steroids)

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 819-820

  Keegan, B Mark ^a   Pittock, Sean J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

BRAIN EDEMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC INFLAMMATION WITH PONTINE PERIVASCULAR ENHANCEMENT RESPONSIVE TO STEROIDS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PONS;

EID: 84863811321     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2012.1015     Document Type: Editorial

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