Krabbe disease: Unusual MRI findings

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-64

  Nagar, Veena A ^a   Ursekar, Meher A ^a   Krishnan, Pradeep ^a   Jankharia, Bhavin G ^a  

^a Jankharia Imaging Center   (India)

Author keywords

Brain; Child; Krabbe disease; MR spectroscopy; MRI; Optic nerves

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATININE; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE; LYSOSOME ENZYME; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKODYSTROPHY, GLOBOID CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33244482832     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-0008-y     Document Type: Review

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