Cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) in only one of monozygotic twins with an identical ALD genotype

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 254-257

  Christoph Korenke, G ^a,b   Fuchs, Sigrid ^b   Krasemann, Ernst ^c   Doerr, Helmuth G ^d   Wilichowski, Ekkehard ^b   Hunneman, Donald H ^a   Hanefeld, Folker ^a  

^a Department of Paediatrics and Neuropaediatrics ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 0029788562     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400221     Document Type: Article

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