Infantile mitochondrial leucodystrophy - A case report

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 186-190

  Schmidt Sidor, Bogna ^a   Szymańska, Krystyna ^b   Lewandowska, Eliza ^a   Mierzewska, Hanna ^c   Wierzba Bobrowicz, Teresa ^a   Pasennik, Elzbieta ^a   Stepień, Tomasz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Infants; Leigh disease; Leucodystrophy; Mitochondrial disease; Orthochromatic myelin destruction; Vascular reaction; White matter spongiosis

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; BRAIN STEM INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEIGH DISEASE; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PUPIL REFLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPASTICITY;

EID: 27844586328     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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