Presence of delayed myelination and macrocephaly in the sister of a patient with vacuolating leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 321-324

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

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leukoencephalopathy; Megalencephaly; Mild clinical course; White matter swelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SPASTICITY; VAN DER KNAAP DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0034466931     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-12949     Document Type: Article

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