Early and widespread injury of astrocytes in the absence of demyelination in acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Robinson, Christopher A ^a   Adiele, Reginald C ^a,b   Tham, Mylyne ^a,b   Lucchinetti, Claudia F ^c   Popescu, Bogdan FGh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Edema; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Haemorrhage; Hurst's disease

Indexed keywords

AQP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; AQUAPORIN 4; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SEIZURES;

ADULT; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 84921644215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-2-52     Document Type: Article

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