Menkes disease: Case report of an uncommon presentation with white matter lesions

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 125-127

  Santos, Lúcia Maria Guimarães ^b   Da Silva Teixeira, Carla ^b   Vilanova, Luiz Celso Pereira ^a   Micheletti, Cecilia ^b   Mendes, Carmem Silvia Curiati ^b   Borri, Maria Lucia ^b   Martins, Ana Maria ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Menkes disease; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENKES SYNDROME; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENKES KINKY HAIR SYNDROME; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0035293266     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2001000100027     Document Type: Article

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