Cerebellar atrophy in chronic rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata: A potential role for phytanic acid and calcium in the death of its Purkinje cells

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-134

  Powers, James M ^a   Kenjarski, Thomas P ^a   Moser, Ann B ^b   Moser, Hugo W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atrophy; Calcium; Phytanic acid; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; PHYTANIC ACID; PLASMALOGEN; UBIQUITIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHONDRODYSPLASIA PUNCTATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATROPHY; CALCIUM; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHONDRODYSPLASIA PUNCTATA, RHIZOMELIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHYTANIC ACID; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 0032868286     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051060     Document Type: Article

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