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June 2015; 5 (3) Cases

Characteristic abnormal signals in medulla oblongata—“eye spot” sign

Four cases of elderly-onset Alexander disease

Tomokatsu Yoshida, Ikuko Mizuta, Kozo Saito, Yasuyoshi Kimura, Kwiyoung Park, Yasuo Ito, Shotaro Haji, Masanori Nakagawa, Toshiki Mizuno
First published February 26, 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000124
Tomokatsu Yoshida
Department of Neurology (TY, IM, KS, TM), Graduate School of Medical Science, and Department of Neurology (MN), North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Department of Neurology (YK), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (KP), National Hospital of Utano, Kyoto; Department of Neurology (YI), Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University; and Department of Neurology (SH), Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Japan.
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Ikuko Mizuta
Department of Neurology (TY, IM, KS, TM), Graduate School of Medical Science, and Department of Neurology (MN), North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Department of Neurology (YK), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (KP), National Hospital of Utano, Kyoto; Department of Neurology (YI), Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University; and Department of Neurology (SH), Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Japan.
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Kozo Saito
Department of Neurology (TY, IM, KS, TM), Graduate School of Medical Science, and Department of Neurology (MN), North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Department of Neurology (YK), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (KP), National Hospital of Utano, Kyoto; Department of Neurology (YI), Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University; and Department of Neurology (SH), Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Japan.
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Yasuyoshi Kimura
Department of Neurology (TY, IM, KS, TM), Graduate School of Medical Science, and Department of Neurology (MN), North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Department of Neurology (YK), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (KP), National Hospital of Utano, Kyoto; Department of Neurology (YI), Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University; and Department of Neurology (SH), Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Japan.
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Kwiyoung Park
Department of Neurology (TY, IM, KS, TM), Graduate School of Medical Science, and Department of Neurology (MN), North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Department of Neurology (YK), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (KP), National Hospital of Utano, Kyoto; Department of Neurology (YI), Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University; and Department of Neurology (SH), Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Japan.
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Yasuo Ito
Department of Neurology (TY, IM, KS, TM), Graduate School of Medical Science, and Department of Neurology (MN), North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Department of Neurology (YK), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (KP), National Hospital of Utano, Kyoto; Department of Neurology (YI), Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University; and Department of Neurology (SH), Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Japan.
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Shotaro Haji
Department of Neurology (TY, IM, KS, TM), Graduate School of Medical Science, and Department of Neurology (MN), North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Department of Neurology (YK), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (KP), National Hospital of Utano, Kyoto; Department of Neurology (YI), Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University; and Department of Neurology (SH), Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Japan.
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Masanori Nakagawa
Department of Neurology (TY, IM, KS, TM), Graduate School of Medical Science, and Department of Neurology (MN), North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Department of Neurology (YK), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (KP), National Hospital of Utano, Kyoto; Department of Neurology (YI), Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University; and Department of Neurology (SH), Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Japan.
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Toshiki Mizuno
Department of Neurology (TY, IM, KS, TM), Graduate School of Medical Science, and Department of Neurology (MN), North Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Department of Neurology (YK), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Department of Neurology (KP), National Hospital of Utano, Kyoto; Department of Neurology (YI), Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University; and Department of Neurology (SH), Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Japan.
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Characteristic abnormal signals in medulla oblongata—“eye spot” sign
Four cases of elderly-onset Alexander disease
Tomokatsu Yoshida, Ikuko Mizuta, Kozo Saito, Yasuyoshi Kimura, Kwiyoung Park, Yasuo Ito, Shotaro Haji, Masanori Nakagawa, Toshiki Mizuno
Neurol Clin Pract Jun 2015, 5 (3) 259-262; DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000124

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