Two autopsy cases with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease phenotype of adult onset, without mutation of proteolipid protein gene

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-13

  Sasaki, Atsushi ^a   Miyanaga, Kazuo ^a   Ototsuji, Mikiko ^b   Iwaki, Akiko ^b   Iwaki, Toru ^b   Takahashi, Shigeru ^c   Nakazato, Yoichi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Gunma Mental Health Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Myelin; Pathology; Pelizaeus Merzbacher disease; Proteolipid protein

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; ONSET AGE; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033960318     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007409     Document Type: Article

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