Presenilin-1 mutation (E280G), spastic paraparesis, and cranial MRI white-matter abnormalities

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1108-1110

  O'Riordan, S ^a   McMonagle, P ^a   Janssen, J C ^a   Fox, N C ^a   Farrell, M ^a   Collinge, J ^a   Rossor, M N ^a   Hutchinson, M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESENILIN 1;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SENILE PLAQUE; SIBLING; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0037044295     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.7.1108     Document Type: Article

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