Myoclonic Epilepsy With Lafora Bodies: Some Ultrastructural, Histochemical, and Biochemical Aspects

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1971, Pages 483-493

  Gambetti, Pierluigi ^a   Di Mauro, Salvatore ^a   Hirt, Lieselotte ^a,c   Blume, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Muscular Dystrophy Association of America ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AcPase activity; Familialmyoclonic epilepsy; glycogen; Lafora bodies; polyglucosan

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL INCLUSION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; MYOCLONUS; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INCLUSION BODIES; MUSCLES; MYOCLONUS; NEURONS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0015172007     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1971.00490060017002     Document Type: Article

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