Northern epilepsy: A novel form of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis

Brain Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-222

  Herva, Riitta ^a   Tyynelä, Jaana ^b,c   Hirvasniemi, Aune ^d   Syrjäkallio Ylitalo, Marja ^a   Haltia, Matti ^b,e  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d KAINUU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CELL GRANULE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 8P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0034112242     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2000.tb00255.x     Document Type: Article

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