Variable onset of metachromatic leukodystrophy in a Vietnamese family

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-176

  Arbour, Laura T ^a   Silver, Kenneth ^a   Hechtman, Peter ^a   Treacy, Eileen P ^a   Coulter Mackie, Marion B ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLSULFATASE; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSIDE-SULFATASE; CHILD; CODON, NONSENSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKODYSTROPHY, METACHROMATIC; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; VIETNAM;

EID: 0033795306     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(00)00164-8     Document Type: Article

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