Atypical focal MRI lesions in a case of juvenile Alexander's disease

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-120

  Probst, Eva Neumaier ^a   Hagel, Christian ^a   Weisz, Vanja ^a   Nagel, Sandra ^a   Wittkugel, Oliver ^a   Zeumer, Hermann ^a   Kohlschütter, Alfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ALEXANDER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN; CHILD; EXONS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUTATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0037231429     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10382     Document Type: Article

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