Aquaporin-4 antibody-positive myelitis initially biopsied for suspected spinal cord tumors: Diagnostic considerations

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 621-626

  Sato, Douglas Kazutoshi ^a   Misu, Tatsuro ^a   Rocha, Cristiane Franklin ^b   Callegaro, Dagoberto ^c   Nakashima, Ichiro ^a   Aoki, Masashi ^a   Fujihara, Kazuo ^a   Lana Peixoto, Marco Aurelio ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aquaporin 4; biopsy; differential diagnosis; Neuromyelitis optica; pathology; spinal cord tumor

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; AQP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD68 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA SPECTRUM DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; BIOPSY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPINAL CORD; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYELITIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL ASTROCYTOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84899094625     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513505350     Document Type: Review

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