Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: Neuroimaging findings in two siblings from an Indian family

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 401-403

  Gaikwad, Shailesh B ^a   Garg, A ^a   Mishra, N K ^a   Gupta, V ^a   Srivastava, A ^a   Sarkar, C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

CTX; MRI; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROTENDINOUS XANTHOMATOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SIBLING; SPEECH DISORDER; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SIBLINGS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; XANTHOMATOSIS, CEREBROTENDINOUS;

EID: 0347513443     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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