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NENAD GRCEVIC, M.D.

AMA Arch Neurol. 1960;2(3):266-273.

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The group of diseases included under the general name of "leukoencephalopathy" comprises various pathoanatomic and pathogenic conditions. Their etiology is unknown. There is no satisfactory classification, and occasionally a new, equally obscure condition is added to this heterogeneous group.

The purpose of this paper is to describe an unusual and not hitherto described condition of the cerebral white matter and to discuss its relationship to the concentric sclerosis of Baló.

Report of a Case

Clinical Data.

—A 30-year-old white woman had been well until five years prior to death, when she noted failing vision. This condition progressed during the next three years, with excerbations to the point of temporary loss of vision in one or both eyes and with partial remissions, usually following treatment with cortisone. The disease was generally progressive; and two years prior to death she was "almost blind"; her memory began to fail, and she became emotionally . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Ann Arbor, Mich.

From the Laboratory of Neuropathology, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center.

Footnotes
Received for publication Aug. 25, 1959.

Supported by Grant B-475 C5, from the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neuropathologists, Atlantic City, June, 1959.

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