Leukodystrophy incidence in Germany

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 475-478

  Heim, Peter ^a   Claussen, Matthias ^a   Hoffmann, Béatrice ^a   Conzelmann, Ernst ^b   Gärtner, Jutta ^c   Harzer, Klaus ^d   Hunneman, Donald H ^e   Köhler, Wolfgang ^f   Kurlemann, Gerhard ^g   Kohlschütter, Alfried ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f Krankenhaus Moabit   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenoleukodystrophy; Alexander disease; Canavan disease; Epidemiology; Incidence; Krabbe disease; Leukodystrophy; Metachromatic leukodystrophy; Pelizaeus Merzbacher disease; Peroxisomal disorders

Indexed keywords

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030865925     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970905)71:4<475::AID-AJMG20>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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