Sarcoidosis is a sуstemic disease from the group of granulomatoses which may run with affection of the nervous system. Clinical picture of the disease may vary and depends on a lesion location of granulomas. Cases of neurosarcoidosis with a rare location – intramedullary affection of the spinal chord – are reviewed.
Spinal chord sarcoidosis
- Authors: Maximova M.Y.1
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Affiliations:
- Research Research Center of Neurology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
- Issue: Vol 3, No 4 (2009)
- Pages: 45-49
- Section: Original articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2075-5473/article/view/124443
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/psaic356
- ID: 124443
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M. Yu. Maximova
Research Research Center of Neurology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
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Email: platonova@neurology.ru
Russian Federation
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