Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease: Female case report

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-118

  Nezu, Atsuo ^a   Kimura, Seiji ^a   Uehara, Saori ^a   Osaka, Hitoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Takuya ^a   Haraguchi, Mitsuyo ^a   Inoue, Ken ^b   Kawanishi, Chiaki ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dysmyelination; Pelizaeus Merzbacher disease

Indexed keywords

PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATHETOSIS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029917560     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(95)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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