Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter: Report of four cases from three unrelated Brazilian families

Brain and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 250-256

  Rosemberg, Sergio ^a   Leite, Claudia da Costa ^b   Arita, Fernando Norio ^a   Kliemann, Suzana Ely ^a   Lacerda, Maria Teresa Carvalho ^b  

^a Santa Casa de Sao Paulo School of Medicine   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leukoencephalopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Vanishing white matter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SYMPTOM; TWINS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 0036115849     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(02)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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