Alexander's disease in a neurologically normal child: A case report

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-49

  Guthrie, Scott O ^a   Burton, Edward M ^a   Knowles, Paul ^a   Marshall, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leukodystrophy; MRI; Neurodegenerative disorder

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA ISOLATION; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC MARKERS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0038521208     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-002-0776-6     Document Type: Article

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