Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia: Report on a case with morphometric studies

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 492-501

  Calatayud, Teresa ^a   Turkalp, Zorbey T ^b   Gonzales, Aurora Astudillo ^a   Munoz, David G ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult onset orthochromatic leukodystrophy; Axonal spheroids; Leukoencephalopathy; Pigmented glia; White matter disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; MYELIN; TAU PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; ADULT ONSET LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY WITH SPHEROID AND PIGMENTED GLIA; ANOSOGNOSIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEATH; DECUBITUS; DEMYELINATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; EPILEPSY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GAIT DISORDER; GENOTYPE; GLIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MUTISM; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; ONSET AGE; PARKINSONISM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEIZURE; SPASTIC GAIT; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR SPHEROID; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER;

AGE OF ONSET; AXONS; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 84888037512     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/NP300603     Document Type: Article

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