Leukoencephalopathy, megalencephaly, and mild clinical course. A recently individualized familial leukodystrophy. Report on five new cases

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 439-444

  Goutières, Françoise ^a   Boulloche, Jacques ^b   Bourgeois, Marie ^a   Aicardi, Jean ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b LE HAVRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKODYSTROPHY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0029823879     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389601100604     Document Type: Article

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