Brain white matter lesions in an Italian family with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

European Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 168-171

  Sacco, Simona ^a   Totaro, Rocco ^a   Bastianello, Stefano ^b   Marini, Carmine ^a   Carolei, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Immune system; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

EID: 2342525093     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077664     Document Type: Article

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