Studies in myoclonus epilepsy (Lafora body form): II. Polyglucosans in the systemic deposits of myoclonus epilepsy and in corpora amylacea

Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1970, Pages 160-176

  Sakai, Masao ^a   Austin, James ^a   Witmer, Frank ^a   Trueb, Lucien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GLUCOSE; HYALIN; POLYMER; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FILTRATION; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MYOCLONUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMYLASES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FILTRATION; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYALIN; IN VITRO; LIVER; MALE; METHODS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCLONUS; POLYMERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 0014739101     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.20.2.160     Document Type: Article

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