Ultrasound findings in follow-up investigations in a case of aspartoacylase deficiency (Canavan disease)

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 96-99

  Breitbach Faller, N ^a,b   Schrader, K ^a   Rating, D ^a   Wunsch, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspartoacylase deficiency (Canavan disease); Cranial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASPARTOACYLASE;

ARTICLE; CANAVAN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

CANAVAN DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 0037573567     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39601     Document Type: Article

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