Cerebral proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in infantile Alexander disease

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 300-306

  Brockmann, Knut ^a   Dechent, Peter ^b   Meins, Moritz ^c   Haupt, Mechthild ^d   Sperner, Jürgen ^e   Stephani, Ulrich ^f   Frahm, Jens ^b   Hanefeld, Folker ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics and Neuropediatrics   (Germany)

^b Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytosis; Demyelination; Leukodystrophy; Quantitative proton MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MACROCEPHALY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION;

EID: 0346665526     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-0995-2     Document Type: Article

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