Clinical and neuroradiological findings in classic infantile and late-onset globoid-cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease)

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 209-217

  Barone, R ^a   Bruhl K ^b   Stoeter, P ^b   Fiumara, A ^a   Pavone, L ^a   Beck, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Galactosyl ceramide galactosidase deficiency; Globoid cell leukodystrophy; Krabbe disease; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKODYSTROPHY, GLOBOID CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029984498     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960503)63:1<209::AID-AJMG37>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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