Evidence of widespread axonal pathology in Wolfram syndrome

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 304-308

  Shannon, P ^a,b   Becker, L ^c   Deck, J ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axonal dystrophy; Pathology; Wolfram syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC TRACT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WHITE MATTER; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

ADULT; ATROPHY; AXONS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; VISUAL CORTEX; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

EID: 0032820070     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051084     Document Type: Article

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