A form of juvenile batten disease with granular osmiophilic deposits

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 265-269

  Lake, B D ^a   Brett, E M ^a   Boyd, S G ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batten disease; Granular osmiophilic deposits (GROD) juvenile; Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; MYELIN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029847878     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973776     Document Type: Article

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