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Case Reports
. 2009 Dec 8;73(23):2041-2.
doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c55ced.

Intramedullary Sjögren syndrome

S Chahin  1 , M D Garwood, E K St Louis, E Torage Shivapour, P M Kelkar, M A Granner
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Case Reports

Intramedullary Sjögren syndrome

S Chahin et al. Neurology. .
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Figure Spinal cord biopsy Hematoxylin-eosin stain (A) revealed spinal cord tissue composed of axons with numerous foamy macrophages. The Luxol Fast Blue stain (B) demonstrates aggregates of myelin within macrophages and a loss of axonal myelin. The Bielschowsky stain (C) demonstrates numerous axons.
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