A Japanese family with probably autosomal dominant adult-onset leukodystrophy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 968-972

  Asahara, Hideaki ^a   Yoshimura, Takeo ^a   Sada, Shoichiro ^a   Furuya, Hirokazu ^a   Kobayashi, Takuro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

adult onset leukodystrophy; autonomic dysfunction; autosomal dominant inheritance; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; JAPAN; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; WHITE MATTER;

AGE OF ONSET; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0029847155     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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