Ptosis in Late Infantile Tay-Sachs Disease

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 463-465

  Devidayal, ^a   Marwaha, R K ^a   Singh, Paramjit ^a   Trehan, Amita ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Gangliosidosis; Neurodegenerative disease; Ptosis; Tay Sachs disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PTOSIS; TAY SACHS DISEASE; THALAMUS;

BASAL GANGLIA; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TAY-SACHS DISEASE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0035345329     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02723030     Document Type: Article

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