Phenotypic variation in leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 540-547

  Van Der Knaap, M S ^a   Kamphorst, W ^a   Barth, P G ^b   Kraaijeveld, C L ^c   Gut, E ^d   Valk, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Kliniken Schmieder   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY WITH VANISHING WHITE MATTER; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031721955     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.2.540     Document Type: Article

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