Protracted course of Krabbe disease in an adult patient bearing a novel mutation

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1014-1017

  Jardim, Laura B ^a   Giugliani, Roberto ^a   Pires, Ricardo F ^a   Haussen, Sergio ^a   Burin, Maira G ^a   Rafi, Mohammad A ^b   Wenger, David A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CELL STRAIN COS1; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HEMIPARESIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032841002     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.8.1014     Document Type: Article

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