Correlation between Cerebral MRI Abnormalities and Mental Retardation in Patients with Mucopolysaccharidoses

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 125 A, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 224-231

  Gabrielli, Orazio ^a   Polonara, Gabriele ^a   Regnicolo, Luana ^a   Petroni, Valeria ^a   Scarabino, Tommaso ^b   Coppa, Giovanni V ^a   Salvolini, Ugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Mental retardation; Mucopolysaccharidoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BASAL GANGLION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 1542348953     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20515     Document Type: Article

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