The Primrose syndrome with progressive neurological involvement and cerebral calcification [7]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1466-1468

  Battisti, Carla ^a   Dotti, Maria Teresa ^a   Cerase, Alfonso ^a   Rufa, Alessandra ^a   Sicurelli, Francesco ^a   Scarpini, Chiara ^a   Federico, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIMROSE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; EAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036405421     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-002-0850-x     Document Type: Letter

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