The neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses. Recent advances

Brain Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-162

  Goebel, Hans H ^a   Sharp, Julie D ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; HYDROLASE; LYSOSOME ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PIGMENT; PROTEIN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0031983764     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1998.tb00142.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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