Infantile and juvenile presentations of Alexander's disease: A report of two cases

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 158-165

  Deprez, M ^a   D'Hooge, M ^b   Misson, J P ^b   De Leval, L ^b   Ceuterick, C ^b   Reznik, M ^b   Martin, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alexander's disease; Rosenthal fibers

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; MYOCLONUS; NYSTAGMUS; SPASTIC PARESIS; STEREOTAXIS;

EID: 0032988904     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb07338.x     Document Type: Article

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