A case of long-term survival of a patient with infantile Alexander disease diagnosed by DNA analysis

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-59

  Wakabayashi, Kazuyo ^a   Iai, Mizue ^a   Masuko, Kaori ^a   Yamashita, Sumimasa ^a   Yamada, Michiko ^a   Iwamoto, Hiroko ^a   Aida, Noriko ^a   Shiroma, Naohide ^b   Kanazawa, Naomi ^b   Tsujino, Seiichi ^b  

^a KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GFAP GENE; HUMAN; INFANTILE ALEXANDER DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; ROSENTHAL FIBER; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MUTATION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 19944413968     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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