Detection of subclinical central nervous system abnormalities in two patients with mucolipidosis III by the use of motor and somatosensory evoked potentials

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-42

  Toscano, E ^a   Perretti, Anna ^a   Balbi, P ^b   Silvestro, Eufrasia ^a   Andria, G ^a   Parenti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Umberto Maugeri Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Lysosomal disease; Mucolipidosis III

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHILD; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUCOLIPIDOSIS TYPE 3; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOLIPIDOSES; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031888698     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973532     Document Type: Article

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