Familial progressive sensorimotor neuropathy with agenesis of the corpus callosum (andermann syndrome): A clinical, neuroradiological and histopathological study

European Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-109

  Deleu, Dirk ^a   Bamanikar, Sunita A ^a   Muirhead, David ^a   Louon, Andre ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Mental retardation; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANDERMANN SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SURAL NERVE; SYMPTOM; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; AXONS; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CONSANGUINITY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SURAL NERVE; SYNDROME; TANZANIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031053817     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117419     Document Type: Article

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