Loss of neurofibromin in the leptomeningeal astroglial heterotopia of NF-1

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-230

  Kato, Mitsuhiro ^a   Mizuguchi, Masashi ^a   Hattori, Seisuke ^b   Nakamura, Shun ^b   Takashima, Sachio ^a  

^a Dept Mental Retard Birth Defect R ^*  (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROFIBROMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031940609     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(97)00202-6     Document Type: Article

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