Late-onset Krabbe's disease mimicking acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 208-210

  Arenson, Naomi E ^a   Heydemann, Peter T ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27644578039     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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