Ataxia-telangiectasia with a 32 year survival: A clinicopathological report

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1979, Pages 621-643

  Amromin, George D ^a   Boder, Elena ^a   Teplitz, Raymond ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CANCER; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LIVER;

ADULT; ASTROCYTES; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; KARYOTYPING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0018599748     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: 15546578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-197911000-00007     Document Type: Article

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