Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome: A genetic microangiopathy?

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 212-216

  Barth, P G ^a   Walter, A ^a   Van Gelderen, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Eemeroord   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aicardi Goutieres syndrome; Basal ganglia; Brain calcification; Cerebrovascular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AICARDI SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FAHR DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCEPHALY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOLOGY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FATALITY; GENETICS; GLIOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECESSIVE GENE; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; GENES, RECESSIVE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033172887     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051071     Document Type: Article

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