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A L WOOLF

Publications and source records attributed to A L WOOLF.

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PubMed1965

ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDIES OF HUMAN CUTANEOUS NERVE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LAMELLATED CELL INCLUSIONS AND VACUOLE-CONTAINING CELLS.

One hundred and twenty-nine specimens of human cutaneous nerve obtained from patients suffering from a variety of neuromuscular disorders have been surveyed in detail by electron microscopy. The most striking finding was the presence of lamellated Schwann cell inclusions and of cells containing vacuoles, both of which appear to be derived from myelin and to show some correlation with sensory loss.

Cytoplasm↗
PubMed1963

PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUCOENCEPHALOPATHY AND PRIMARY HYPERSPLENISM. WITH A NOTE ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DISEASE OF THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM AND PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUCOENCEPHALOPATHY.

A patient with progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy was found to have primary hypersplenism, a benign disorder of the reticuloendothelial system. He failed to respond to conventional doses of corticosteroids. The clinical and pathological manifestations of his illness are described, and the development of the histopathological changes in the nervous system is discussed. Consideration of available data on progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy reveals a striking association with disease of the reticuloendothelial system, the significance of which is discussed in relation to aetiology and treatment.

Brain Diseases↗
PubMed1961

The application of x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy to the study of human peripheral nerve obtained by biopsy.

Human peripheral nerves obtained by biopsy from patients suffering from neuromuscular disorders have been studied by x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. Few abnormal diffraction patterns have yet been recorded and their significance is not yet established. Electron micrographs have revealed wide variations in the numbers of myelinated fibres included in the nerve trunks and have facilitated a detailed study of the Schwann cell-axon relationships in the large numbers of unmyelinated fibres always present. Some indications of demyelination have been encountered.

Axons↗