Duplication of the PLP gene and the classical form of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease;Duplicación del gen PLP y forma clásica de la enfermedad de Pelizaeus-Merzbacher

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 436-438

  Blanco Barca, M O ^a   Eirís Puñala, Jesú ^a   Soler Regal, C ^b   Castro Gago, M ^a  

^a University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Leukodystrophy; Nystagmus; Pelizaeus Merzbacher disease; PLP gene duplication; Proteolipid protein; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATHETOSIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SPASTICITY; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

EID: 0242558325     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3705.2003082     Document Type: Article

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