Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 213, Issue 1 , Pages 67-76 , 15 September 2003

A case of lymphomatoid granulomatosis/angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion with long clinical course and diffuse brain involvement

  • Toshiki Mizuno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Gerontology, Institute for Neurological Diseases and Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-75-251-5793; fax: +81-75-211-8645.
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  • Yoshiaki Takanashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Gerontology, Institute for Neurological Diseases and Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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  • Hideki Onodera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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  • Masako Shigeta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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  • Naoki Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Gerontology, Institute for Neurological Diseases and Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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  • Hiromichi Yuya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Gerontology, Institute for Neurological Diseases and Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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  • Masanori Kitaichi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Anatomic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Kenji Nakajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Gerontology, Institute for Neurological Diseases and Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan

Received 28 August 2002 ,Revised 11 April 2003 ,Accepted 14 April 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00127-8

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 213, Issue 1 , Pages 67-76 , 15 September 2003

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