Erdheim-Chester disease presenting with an intramedullary spinal cord lesion

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2240-2242

  Tzoulis, Charalampos ^a,b   Gjerde, Ivar Otto ^a   Søfteland, Eirik ^a,b   Neckelmann, Gesche ^a   Strøm, Eivind ^a   Vintermyr, Olav Karsten ^a   Sviland, Lisbeth ^a   Biermann, Martin ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DESMOPRESSIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 84867303294     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6544-0     Document Type: Letter

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