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“Glial bundles” in the spinal cord late after paralytic anterior poliomyelitis
Author(s) -
Iwata Makoto,
Hirano Asao
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410040617
Subject(s) - spinal cord , poliomyelitis , acute anterior poliomyelitis , medicine , anterior horn cell , paralysis , anatomy , pathology , disease , surgery , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , viral disease , virology , virus , psychiatry
“Glial bundles” in the proximal portion of the anterior spinal roots, identical to those in Werdnig‐Hoffmann disease, were observed in 3 patients many years after attacks of acute paralytic anterior poliomyelitis. These structures should therefore be considered a nonspecific astrocytic reaction secondary to the destruction of motor neurons and their axons rather than a malformation specific for Werdnig‐Hoffmann disease.