Intimal thickening of meningeal arteries after serial corticectomies for Rasmussen encephalitis

Human Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1308-1313

  Wagner, Aaron S ^a   Yin, Nicole S ^a   Tung, Spencer ^a   Mathern, Gary W ^a   Vinters, Harry V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Epilepsy; Hemispherectomy; Inflammation; Rasmussen encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINGEAL ARTERY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; TUNICA INTIMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863990074     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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