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Leptomeninges

Known as: Pia-arachnoid, Leptomeninx, Arachnoid mater and pia mater 
Having to do with the two innermost meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).
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Arachnoid MembraneBody partCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location TerminologyCentral Nervous System

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Review
2001
Review
2001
MRI features of primary central nervous system lymphomas at presentation
Pretreatment MRI examinations of 40 immunologically competent patients with primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) were evaluated (24 men… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevi: The Significance of Neurocutaneous Melanosis in Neurologically Asymptomatic Children
Patients with a giant congenital melanocytic nevus can develop melanotic tumors characterized by central nervous system… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Pathology with clinical correlations of primary central nervous system non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma. The massachusetts general hospital experience 1958‐1989
Background. Primary central nervous system non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL‐CNS) is an enigmatic disease of uncertain origin. At the… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Dominant expression of mRNA for prostaglandin D synthase in leptomeninges, choroid plexus, and oligodendrocytes of the adult rat brain.
Glutathione-independent prostaglandin D synthase [prostaglandin-H2 D-isomerase; (5Z,13E)-(15S)-9 alpha,11 alpha-epidioxy-15… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Neurocutaneous melanosis: definition and review of the literature.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Expression of the insulin-like growth factor II gene in the choroid plexus and the leptomeninges of the adult rat central nervous system.
The rat insulin-like growth factor II gene, encoding a fetal somatomedin, expresses a multitranscript family in embryonic/fetal… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
In vitro formation of amyloid fibrils from two synthetic peptides of different lengths homologous to Alzheimer's disease β-protein
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Theiler's virus infection in mice: an unusual biphasic disease process leading to demyelination
An unusual biphasic central nervous system disease developed in 3-week-old Swiss outbred mice after intracerebral inoculation of… 
Highly Cited
1949
Highly Cited
1949
Physiological salt solutions for brain surgery; studies of local pH and pial vessel reactions to buffered and unbuffered isotonic solutions.
I T IS common experience that simple exposure of the pia-arachnoid surface of the cerebral cortex during prolonged neurosurgical… 
Highly Cited
1947
Highly Cited
1947
DISEASE
Background: Little is known about patients who frequently visit the emergency department (ED) for acute exacerbation of chronic… 
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