Megalencephalic leucoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts: A study of a Lebanese family and a review of the literature;La leucoencéphalopathie mégalencéphalique avec kystes sous-corticaux: Étude d'une famille libanaise et revue de la littérature

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-191

  Koussa, S ^a   Roukoz, H ^a   Rizk, T ^a   Megarbane A ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Leucoencephalopathy; Megalencephaly; MLC1; Subcortical cysts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEBANON; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MEGALENCEPHALIC LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 14644401139     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3787(05)85021-0     Document Type: Review

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