Adult onset leukodystrophy with neuroaxonal spheroids and pigmented glia: Report of a family, historical perspective, and review of the literature

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 481-488

  Marotti, Jonathan D ^a   Tobias, Sharon ^a   Fratkin, Jonathan D ^b   Powers, James M ^c   Rhodes, C Harker ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant leukodystrophy; Leukodystrophy; Neuroaxonal spheroids; Pigmented orthochromatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKODYSTROPHY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPHEROID CELL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHIES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PIGMENTATION; REVIEW LITERATURE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 2942676610     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-004-0847-x     Document Type: Review

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