Early magnetic resonance imaging findings in Menkes' disease

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 222-224

  Leventer, Richard J ^a   Kornberg, Andrew J ^a,b   Phelan, Ethna M ^a   Kean, Michael J ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; MALE; MENKES SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030896901     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389701200314     Document Type: Article

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