Krabbe disease - Clinical profile

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 939-946

  Tullu, Milind S ^a   Muranjan, Mamta N ^a,b   Kondurkar, Pratima P ^a   Bharucha, Burjor A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Galactocerebrosidase; Globoid cell leukodystrophy; Krabbe disease

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LEUKODYSTROPHY, GLOBOID CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034277259     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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