Medical Journal Articles
Published Papers on Erdheim-Chester Disease
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The articles listed by publication date. (Caution, these are medical journal articles and may contain information and/or pictures that could be disturbing to some.)
Cerebral Erdheim-Chester disease: report of two cases with progressive cerebellar syndrome with dentate abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging
E. Pautas, P. Cherin, S. Pelletier, M. Vidailhet, and S. Herson
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1998 October; 65(4): 597-599.
Erdheim-Chester disease and slowly progressive cerebellar dysfunction
S. Bohlega and T. Fukazawa
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1998 Mar;64(3):420-1
Erdheim-Chester Disease: A Primary Macrophage Cell Disorder
Gilles Devouassoux, Sylvie Lantuejoul, Patrick Chatelain, Elisabeth Brambilla, and Christian Brambilla
Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 157. pp 650-653, 1998.
Endocrine manifestations of Erdheim–Chester disease (a distinct form of histiocytosis)
N. A. Tritos, N. A. Tritos, S. Weinrib, T. B Kaye
J Intern Med. 1998 Dec;244(6):529-35 .
Erdheim-Chester Disease: Clinical and Radiologic Characteristics of 59 Cases
VEYSSIER-BELOT, CATHERINE MD; CACOUB, PATRICE MD; CAPARROS-LEFEBVRE, DOMINIQUE MD; WECHSLER, JANINE MD; BRUN, BERNARD MD; REMY, MARTINE MD; WALLAERT, BENOIT MD; PETIT, HENRI MD; GRIMALDI, ANDRE MD; WECHSLER, BERTRAND MD; GODEAU, PIERRE MD.
Medicine:Volume 75(3)May 1996pp 157-169
Erdheim-Chester Disease: MR of Intraaxial and Extraaxial Brain Stem Lesions
Roldan Martinez
AJNR 16:1787-1790, Oct 1995 0195-6108/95/1609-1787
Erdheim-Chester Disease Involving Breast and Muscle: Imaging Findings
A. P. A. Tan, L. K. A. Tan, I. H. F. Choo
AJR 1995;164:1115-1117 0361
Neuroradiologic aspects of Chester-Erdheim disease
Caparros-Lefebvre D, Pruvo JP, Rémy M, Wallaert B, Petit H.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1995 Apr;16(4):735-40.
Erdheim-Chester disease and slowly progressive cerebellar dysfunction
Fukazawa T, Tsukishima E, Sasaki H, Hamada K, Hamada T, Tashiro K.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1995 Feb;58(2):238-40.
Erdheim-Chester disease with epiphyseal and systemic disease
Athanasou NA, Barbatis C.
J Clin Pathol. 1993 May;46(5):481-2.
Periocular xanthogranulomas associated with severe adult-onset asthma
Jakobiec FA, Mills MD, Hidayat AA, Dallow RL, Townsend DJ, Brinker EA, Charles NC.
Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 1993;91:99-125;
Erdheim-Chester Disease A Report of Three Cases
Brick Lantz, M.D., Thomas A. Lange, M.D., John Heiner, M.D., Grady F. Herring, M.D.
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1989.