Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 287, Issue 1 , Pages 52-59 , 15 December 2009

Activation of microglia/macrophages expressing phosphorylated S6 ribosomal protein in a case of hemimegalencephaly with progressive calcification and atrophy

  • Yutaka Nonoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
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  • Yoshiaki Saito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 42 341 2711; fax: +81 42 346 1705.
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  • Masayuki Itoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, National Institute of Neuroscience (NIN), NCNP, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
    • ,
  • Eiji Nakagawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
    • ,
  • Kenji Sugai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
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  • Akio Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, NCNP, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
    • ,
  • Taisuke Otsuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, NCNP, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuko Saito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, NCNP, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
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  • Kunimasa Arima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, NCNP, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
    • ,
  • Masashi Mizuguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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  • Yu-ichi Goto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, National Institute of Neuroscience (NIN), NCNP, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan
    • ,
  • Masayuki Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan

Received 17 January 2009 ,Revised 27 August 2009 ,Accepted 10 September 2009.

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PII: S0022-510X(09)00852-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.09.010

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 287, Issue 1 , Pages 52-59 , 15 December 2009

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