Leukoencephalopathy with swelling, megalencephaly and a discrepantly mild clinical course. A case report;Leucodistrofia con macrocefalia e decorso clinico sorprendentemente lieve: Un caso clinico

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 51, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 399-402

  Pisaturo, C ^a   Biancheri, R ^b   Perrone, M V ^b   Rossi, A ^b   Veneselli, E ^b  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain abnormalities; Brain pathology; Leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033222640     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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