Adult-onset krabbe's disease in siblings with novel mutations in the galactocerebrosidase gene

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-114

  Bernardini, Gary L ^a   Herrera, Daniel G ^a   Carson, Debbie ^a   DeGasperi, Rita ^b   Gama Sosa, Miguel A ^b   Kolodny, Edwin H ^b   Trifiletti, Rosario ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; FEMALE; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMANS; LEUKODYSTROPHY, GLOBOID CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 0031024119     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410410119     Document Type: Article

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