Clinical and neuroradiological evaluation of the long-term surviving siblings of Sanfilippo syndrome A type

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-169

  Date, Yukari ^a   Ohi, Takekazu ^a   Shioya, Keiichi ^b   Sukegawa, Kazuko ^c   Matsukura, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Department of Neurology

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

MRI; Sanfilippo syndrome type A; SPECT

Indexed keywords

HEPARAN SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SANFILIPPO SYNDROME; SIBLING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS III; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0031881355     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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