Brain stem pathology in the severe motor and intellectual disabilities syndrome patients with sudden death

Developmental Brain Dysfunction

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 243-252

  Mito, Takashi ^a,b   Takashima, Sachio ^b   Houdou, Sadataka ^c   Ohhama, Eisaku ^c  

^a Miki City Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

brain stem; glial fibrillary acidic protein; severe motor and intellectual disabilities syndrome; substance P; sudden death

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0030461464     PISSN: 10195815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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