Wolfram syndrome: A neuropathological study

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 426-429

  Genis D ^a   Davalos A ^a   Molins, A ^a   Ferrer, I ^b  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetes insipidus; Diabetes mellitus; Optic atrophy and deafness (DIDMOAD) syndrome; Wolfram syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; COCHLEAR NERVE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OLFACTORY BULB; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

ADULT; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

EID: 1842408352     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050635     Document Type: Article

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