The molecular pathogenesis of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1210-1214

  Garbern, James ^a,c   Cambi, Franca ^b   Shy, Michael ^a   Kamholz, John ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MYELINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE;

EID: 0032843709     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.10.1210     Document Type: Review

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