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Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America, 2019
Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is an uncommon subtype of extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) with less than 1500 cases annually. Incidence of PCNSL has remained stable in the post-highly active antiretroviral therapy era, owing to increasing incidence in elderly, immunocompetent patients. Most PCNSL is diffuse large B cell in origin,
Ugonma N, Chukwueke, Lakshmi, Nayak
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Central Nervous System Infection

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, 2010
This article outlines a practical imaging approach to CNS infection and reviews 5 basic imaging patterns commonly seen: (1) extra-axial lesion, (2) ring-enhancing lesion, (3) temporal lobe lesion, (4) basal ganglia lesion, and (5) white matter abnormality.
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Central nervous system sarcoidosis

General Hospital Psychiatry, 1983
Sarcoidosis may involve the central nervous system (CNS) in approximately 5% of cases. Three levels of neurological involvement are possible and include cranial nerve abnormalities, peripheral neuropathies, and lesions of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges.
A, Stoudemire, E, Linfors, J L, Houpt
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The electrocardiogram and the central nervous system

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 1970
Abstract Abnormalities of ECG wave form occur in some patients with central nervous system lesions. Distinctive electrocardiographic abnormalities associated with central nervous system lesions are prolonged QT intervals, large upright or deeply inverted T waves, bradycardia, and prominent U waves.
J A, Abildskov, K, Millar, M J, Burgess, W, Vincent   +3 more
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Central Nervous System Tuberculosis

1988
Many of the symptoms, signs, and sequelae of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) are the result of an immunologically directed inflammatory reaction to the infection.1 Although a mycobacterial infection is the inciting cause of the illness, it is the resulting inflammation of the meninges—which is responsible for the damage to blood vessels, scar formation ...
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Central nervous system vasculitis

Current Rheumatology Reports, 2003
Vasculitis of the central nervous system (CNS) is classified as primary angiitis or as vasculitis secondary to a variety of diseases. A wide spectrum of clinical features may occur. A definite diagnosis is hampered by the difficulty in obtaining tissue for histology.
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Plants and the central nervous system

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 2003
This review article draws the attention to the many species of plants possessing activity on the central nervous system (CNS). In fact, they cover the whole spectrum of central activity such as psychoanaleptic, psycholeptic and psychodysleptic effects, and several of these plants are currently used in therapeutics to treat human ailments.
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Tumors of the Central Nervous System

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, 1998
Neoplasia of the central nervous system (CNS) can be divided into two main categories: nonpituitary CNS neoplasia and pituitary adenomas. Nonpituitary CNS neoplasias are generally compressive in nature, although some are also invasive. The majority of reported CNS tumors are secondary with only a few originating from nervous tissue.
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The Central Nervous System in Leukemia

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1964
Excerpt This report describes the central nervous system lesions in 165 cases of leukemia autopsied at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC).
J P, PHAIR, R E, ANDERSON, H, NAMIKI
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Nodes in the Central Nervous System

Nature, 1949
IT is commonly stated that the nodes originally described by Ranvier1, which are so characteristic a feature of peripheral nerve fibres, do not occur within the central nervous system. However, Ramon y Cajal, in his descriptions of those penetrating researches which have distinguished him as one of the foremost histologists of all time, refers ...
A C, ALLISON, W H, FEINDEL
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