Adult-onset Niemann-Pick type C disease: Clinical, biochemical, and genetic study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1536-1541

  Lossos, Alexander ^a,c   Schlesinger, Ilana ^a   Okon, Elimelech ^a   Abramsky, Oded ^a   Bargal, Ruth ^a   Vanier, Marie T ^b   Zeigler, Marsha ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ESTERIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 0030808773     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550240084016     Document Type: Article

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