Late juvenile metachromatic leukodystrophy treated with bone marrow transplantation: A 4-year follow-up study

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 254-256

  Navarro, C ^a   Fernandez J M ^b   Dominguez C ^c   Fachal, C ^a   Alvarez M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSIDE SULFATASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029933843     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.1.254     Document Type: Article

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